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Foot Morphology and Substrate Adhesion in the Madagascan Hissing Cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa

Insects are successful terrestrial organisms able to locomote over a wide range of obstacles and substrates. This study investigated how foot morphology (tarsal structure) correlates with substrate adhesion and ecological niche in the Madagascan hissing cockroach, Gromphadorhina portentosa Schaum (B...

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Autores principales: van Casteren, Adam, Codd, Jonathan R.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of Wisconsin Library 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3014739/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20575737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1673/031.010.4001