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Investigating the Locomotion of the Sandfish in Desert Sand Using NMR-Imaging

The sandfish (Scincus scincus) is a lizard having the remarkable ability to move through desert sand for significant distances. It is well adapted to living in loose sand by virtue of a combination of morphological and behavioural specializations. We investigated the bodyform of the sandfish using 3...

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Autores principales: Baumgartner, Werner, Fidler, Florian, Weth, Agnes, Habbecke, Martin, Jakob, Peter, Butenweg, Christoph, Böhme, Wolfgang
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2561000/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18836551
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0003309