Almost airborne [12]

Nature

Volumn 385, Issue 6615, 1997, Pages 403-404

  Kramer, Melissa G ^a,c   Marden, James H ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY POSITION; EVOLUTION; FLYING; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; INSECT; LETTER; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES; VELOCITY;

EID: 0031030647     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/385403a0     Document Type: Letter

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