Power output of sound-producing muscles in the tree frogs Hyla versicolor and Hyla chrysoscelis

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 3225-3237

  Girgenrath, Mahasweta ^a   Marsh, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contractile properties; External oblique muscle; Force velocity; Frequency; Hyla chrysoscelis; Hyla versicolor; Power output; Sawtooth length trajectory; Tree frog; Twitch; Vocalization; Work loop

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FROGS AND TOADS; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; SOUND; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0033228134     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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