Smooth Attachment Devices in Insects: Functional Morphology and Biomechanics

Advances in Insect Physiology

Volumn 34, Issue , 2007, Pages 81-115

  Gorb, Stanislav N ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

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EID: 37348999209     PISSN: 00652806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-2806(07)34002-2     Document Type: Review

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