Behavioural and physical reactions of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) walking on a slanted surface

Biological Cybernetics

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 269-277

  Pelletier, Yvan ^a   Caissie, Robert ^a  

^a FREDERICTON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; ROBOTICS; WALKING;

EID: 0035315933     PISSN: 03401200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004220000214     Document Type: Article

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