The locust tegula: Kinematic parameters and activity pattern during the wing stroke

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1531-1545

  Fischer, Hanno ^a   Wolf, Harald ^a   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flight; Insect; Locust; Locusta migratoria; Sensorimotor system; Tegula; Wing hinge element; Wing stroke parameter

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GRASSHOPPERS; SENSE ORGANS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; THORAX; WING; ANIMALS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; GRASSHOPPER; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; THORAX;

EID: 0036022039     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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