Walking on the ceiling: Structures, functional principles, and ecological implications

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-2

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ARTHROPOD; BIOMECHANICS; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; VISCOSITY;

ARTHROPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 1342321793     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2003.11.002     Document Type: Editorial

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