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  1. Zoologisches Institut, Technische Universität, Fasanenstrasse 3, D-38092, Braunschweig, Germany

    Melissa G. Kramer

  2. Department of Biology, 208 Mueller Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, USA

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Kramer, M., Marden, J. Almost airborne. Nature 385, 403–404 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/385403a0

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