Damping capacity is evolutionarily conserved in the radial silk of orb-weaving spiders

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 233-238

  Kelly, Sean P ^a   Sensenig, Andrew ^b   Lorentz, Kimberly A ^a   Blackledge, Todd A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b Tabor College   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomaterials; Hysteresis; Major ampullate silk; Prey impact; Spider silk

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYLOGENY; SILK; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; MATERIALS TESTING; PHYLOGENY; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 80051472343     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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