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==== Types of Movement ==== | ==== Types of Movement ==== |
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Plants in motion: http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/starthere.html | "Plants in motion", A great collection of short time lapses showing plants in motion |
| http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/plantmotion/starthere.html |
* A great collection of short time lapses showing plants in motion | |
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===Phototropism=== | ===Phototropism=== |
* Chemotropism, movement or growth in response to chemicals | * Chemotropism, movement or growth in response to chemicals |
* Gravitropism (or geotropism), movement or growth in response to gravity | * Gravitropism (or geotropism), movement or growth in response to gravity |
| * Apogeotropism, the inclination to behave contrary to gravity |
* Hydrotropism, movement or growth in response to moisture or water | * Hydrotropism, movement or growth in response to moisture or water |
* Heliotropism, movement or growth in response to sunlight | * Heliotropism, movement or growth in response to sunlight. |
| * Selenotropism, movement or growth in response to the moon. |
| * Scototropism, movement or growth towards shadow. |
* Phototropism, movement or growth in response to lights or colors of light | * Phototropism, movement or growth in response to lights or colors of light |
* Thermotropism, movement or growth in response to temperature | * Thermotropism, movement or growth in response to temperature |
* Thigmotropism, movement or growth in response to touch or contact | * Thigmotropism, movement or growth in response to touch or contact |
| * Autotropism, inclination of plants to grow in a certain direction or to return to a previous (or is it prior) form |
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==== Reading / / Notes ==== | ==== Reading / / Notes ==== |
* [[wp>Rapid plant movement]] | * [[wp>Rapid plant movement]] |
* "The Power of Movement in Plants" Charles Darwin's book on phototropism > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5605 | * "The Power of Movement in Plants" Charles Darwin's book on phototropism > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5605 |
| * Roger P. Hangarter's research into plant's responses to environmental stimuli: http://www.bio.indiana.edu/%7Ehangarterlab/abstracts/research.html |
| * Roger P. Hangarter & Dennis DeHart - Slow Life: http://plantsinmotion.bio.indiana.edu/usbg/ http://dennis4.fatcow.com/lowlife/slowlife_intro.html |
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| * Movement/growth of roots: http://tomwalk.com/research.htm |