Water repellent properties of spiders: Topographical variations and functional correlates

Functional Surfaces in Biology

Volumn 1, Issue , 2009, Pages 77-95

  Stratton, Gail E ^a   Suter, Robert B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6697-9_6     Document Type: Chapter

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