Locust flight initiation: A comparison of normal and artificial release

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 370-382

  Kutsch, W ^a   Fuchs, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Controlled catapult; Flight start parameters; Free fall; High speed video recording; Locust; Normal jump

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LOCUSTA MIGRATORIA;

EID: 0034519983     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3032.2000.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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