Targetting and visuomotor space in the leaf-hopper Empoasca vitis (Gothe) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 731-740

  Brackenbury, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanical constraints; Empoasca vitis; Jump mechanics; Leaf hopper; Visual resolution; Visuomotor targetting

Indexed keywords

CICADELLIDAE; EMPOASCA; EMPOASCA VITIS; HEMIPTERA; VITIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0030056749     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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