Surface structure and frictional properties of the skin of the Amazon tree boa Corallus hortulanus (Squamata, Boidae)

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-318

  Berthe R A ^a   Westhoff, G ^b   Bleckmann, H ^b   Gorb, S N ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological materials; Biotribology; Friction; Microornamentation; Snake skin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; EPIDERMIS; FRICTION; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PARROT; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SECRETION; SNAKE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMAZONA; ANIMALS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; BOIDAE; EPIDERMIS; FRICTION; LOCOMOTION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 61449173686     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-008-0408-1     Document Type: Article

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