Forewing asymmetries during auditory avoidance in flying locusts

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 2323-2335

  Dawson, Jeff W ^a   Dawson Scully, Ken ^a   Robert, Daniel ^a,b   Robertson, R Meldrum ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle response; Forewing asymmetry; High speed cinematography; Insect; Locomotion; Locusta migratoria; Steering; Wing kinematics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030815701     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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