Sticky gecko feet: the role of temperature and humidity.
Gecko adhesion is expected to be temperature insensitive over the range of temperatures typically experienced by geckos. Previous work is limited and equivocal on whether this expectation holds. We tested the temperature dependence of adhesion in Tokay and Day geckos and found that clinging ability...
Main Authors: | Peter H Niewiarowski, Stephanie Lopez, Liehui Ge, Emily Hagan, Ali Dhinojwala |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2364659?pdf=render |
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