Vibration sensitivity and a computational theory for prey-localizing behavior in sand scorpions'

American Zoologist

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1229-1240

  Brownell, Philip H ^a   Van Leo Hemmen, J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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EID: 23044534383     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/41.5.1229     Document Type: Article

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