Energy absorption during running by leg muscles in a cockroach

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 997-1012

  Full, Robert J ^a   Stokes, Darrell R ^b   Ahn, Anna N ^a   Josephson, Robert K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropod; Biomechanics; Blaberus discoidalis; Cockroach; Insect; Locomotion; Running

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031895856     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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