Jumping in a winged stick insect

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2399-2412

  Burrows, Malcolm ^a   Morris, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Joint mechanics; Kinematics; Locomotion; Sipyloidea; Sipyloidea sp.; Thailand winged stick insect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; INSECT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; INSECTS; LOCOMOTION; MALE;

ANIMALIA; INSECTA; PHASMATODEA; SIPYLOIDEA;

EID: 0036670279     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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