Leaping lizards landing on leaves: escape-induced jumps in the rainforest canopy challenge the adhesive limits of geckos

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Journal of the Royal Society Interface

• Publication date

  2017-06-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1098/rsif.2017.0156PMID 28659411PMCID PMC5493800
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