Activity of asynchronous flight muscle from two bee families during sonication (buzzing)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 199, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2317-2321

  King, Marcus J ^a   Buchmann, Stephen L ^b   Spangler, Hayward ^b  

^a CALLAGHAN INNOVATION   (New Zealand)

^b CARL HAYDEN BEE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bombus occidentalis; bumblebee; buzz; carpenter bee; flight muscle; neural control; sonication; Xylocopa californica; Xylocopa varipuncta

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLYING; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND;

ANIMALS; BEES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MUSCLES; SONICATION;

ANIMALIA; APOIDEA; BOMBUS OCCIDENTALIS; SCUTUM; XYLOCOPA CALIFORNICA; XYLOCOPA VARIPUNCTA; XYLOCOPA VIRGINICA;

EID: 0030266727     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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