The efficiency of an asynchronous flight muscle from a beetle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 4125-4139

  Josephson, Robert K ^a   Malamud, Jean G ^a   Stokes, Darrell R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asynchronous muscle; Cotinus mutabilis; Efficiency; Metabolic rate; Muscle; Respiratory quotient; Work; Work loop

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FLYING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; COTINUS; INSECTA;

EID: 0035746206     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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