Biomechanics: Froghopper insects leap to new heights

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• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Nature

• Publication date

  2003-07-31

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Computer Science, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1038/424509APMID 12891345
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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