Power output from a flight muscle of the bumblebee Bombus terrestris. I. Some features of the dorso-ventral flight muscle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 200, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1215-1226

  Josephson, Robert K ^a   Ellington, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bombus terrestris; bumblebee; flight muscle; force; muscle; stiffness; strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030927684     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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