Living in a physical world II. The bio-ballistics of small projectiles

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 167-175

  Vogel, Steven ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY;

ACCELERATION; BALLISTICS; FUNGUS SPORE; GRAVITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLANT SEED; PREDICTION; REVIEW; VELOCITY; VISCOSITY;

EID: 17844393068     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02703696     Document Type: Review

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