Timbal muscle physiology in the endothermic cicada Tibicen winnemanna (Homoptera: Cicadidae)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 9-19

  Sanborn, Allen F ^a  

^a BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Cicadas; Contraction kinetics; Endothermy; Muscle physiology; Muscle temperature; Song; Tension; Timbal muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FORCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE RELAXATION; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE TWITCH; NONHUMAN; RELAXATION TIME; SOUND;

EID: 0034909528     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00363-4     Document Type: Article

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