chapter 1 Tree Biomechanics and Growth Strategies in the Context of Forest Functional Ecology -- chapter 2 Diversity of Mechanical Architectures in Climbing Plants: An Ecological Perspective -- chapter 3 The Role of Blade Buoyancy and Reconfiguration in the Mechanical Adaptation of the Southern Bullkelp Durvillaea -- chapter 4 Murray’s Law and the Vascular Architecture of Plants -- chapter 5 Plant–Animal Mechanics and Bite Procurement in Grazing Ruminants -- chapter 6 Biomechanics of Salvia Flowers: The Role of Lever and Flower Tube in Specialization on Pollinators -- chapter 7 Do Plant Waxes Make Insect Attachment Structures Dirty? Experimental Evidence for the Contamination Hypothesis -- chapter 8 Ecology and Biomechanics of Slippery Wax Barriers and Wax Running in Macaranga–Ant Mutualisms -- chapter 9 Nectar Feeding in Long-Proboscid Insects -- chapter 10 Biomechanics and Behavioral Mimicry in Insects -- chapter 11 Interindividual Variation in the Muscle Physiology of Vertebrate Ectotherms: Consequences for Behavioral and Ecological Performance -- chapter 12 Power Generation during Locomotion in Anolis Lizards: An Ecomorphological Approach -- chapter 13 Implications of Microbial Motility on Water Column Ecosystems -- chapter 14 The Biomechanics of Ecological Speciation.