Attachment Devices of Insect Cuticle /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2001.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2001. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Friction and adhesion: fundamentals
- Insect cuticle: structure and properties of the material
- Cuticular protuberances of insects
- Principles of cuticular attachment in Arthropoda
- Frictional systems
- Dragonfly and damselfly head-arresting system
- Intersegmental frictional devices
- Wing-locking devices
- Attachment pads
- Secretions in frictional systems
- Protuberances and their fields
- Sensory equipment
- The evolution of frictional systems
- Ecological implications
- Nature’s design as a basis for biomimetics.