Is the scaling of locomotor performance with body size constant?

Ecological Entomology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 483-486

  Wisco, J J ^b   Matles, H ^b   Berrigan, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Food quality; Pedestrian locomotion

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030668191     PISSN: 03076946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00085.x     Document Type: Article

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