Moisture harvesting and water transport through specialized micro-structures on the integument of lizards
Several lizard species that live in arid areas have developed special abilities to collect water with their bodies' surfaces and to ingest the so collected moisture. This is called rain- or moisture-harvesting. The water can originate from air humidity, fog, dew, rain or even from humid soil. T...
Main Authors: | Philipp Comanns, Christian Effertz, Florian Hischen, Konrad Staudt, Wolfgang Böhme, Werner Baumgartner |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Beilstein-Institut
2011-04-01
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Series: | Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.2.24 |
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