Surface Characteristics of Locomotor Substrata and Their Relationship to Gekkonid Adhesion: A Case Study of Rhoptropus cf biporosus

Functional Surfaces in Biology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 123-154

  Johnson, Megan ^a   Russell, Anthony ^a   Delannoy, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 84892942009     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6695-5_6     Document Type: Chapter

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