TY - JOUR T1 - Guidance of circumnutation of climbing bean stems: An ecological exploration JF - bioRxiv DO - 10.1101/122358 SP - 122358 AU - Paco Calvo AU - Vicente Raja AU - David N. Lee Y1 - 2017/01/01 UR - http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/03/30/122358.abstract N2 - In this report we explore the guidance of circumnutation of climbing bean stems under the light of general rho/tau theory, a theory that aims to explain how living organisms guide goal-directed movements ecologically. We present some preliminary results on the control of circumnutation by climbing beans, and explore the possibility that the power of movement in plants, more generally, is controlled under ecological principles. ER -