Biomechanics and behavioral mimicry in insects

Ecology and Biomechanics: A Mechanical Approach to the Ecology of Animals and Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 213-229

  Golding, Yvonne ^a   Ennos, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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