Blowfly flight and optic flow. I. Thorax kinematics and flight dynamics

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1481-1490

  Schilstra, C ^a   Van Hateren, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blowfly; Calliphora vicina; Insect flight; Saccade; Search coil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033006759     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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