Fast locomotion in caterpillars

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 525-533

  Brackenbury, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crawling; Ecology; Kinematics; Peristalsis; Stability; Wheeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PERISTALSIS; PREDATOR; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WALKING;

EID: 0032974238     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-1910(98)00157-7     Document Type: Article

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