Tegula function during free locust flight in relation to motor pattern, flight speed and aerodynamic output

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 711-721

  Fischer, Hanno ^a   Ebert, Eckhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aerodynamic output; Free flight; Locust; Motor pattern; Schistocerca gregaria; Tegula; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 0032965254     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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