The Biomechanics of Ballistochory in Impatiens Pallida

This research is an analysis of the explosive seed dispersal of Impatiens pallida fruit. Data was taken using high-speed video and analyzed using LoggerPro video analysis software. From the videos we discerned a qualitative model for dehiscence, a description of how the process unfolds, and from our...

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Main Author: Del Campo, Lua
Format: Others
Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2008
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Online Access:http://scholarship.claremont.edu/pomona_theses/26
http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1025&context=pomona_theses