Jumping performance of froghopper insects

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 4607-4621

  Burrows, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Auchenorrhyncha; Hemiptera; Kinematics; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HEMIPTERA; HISTOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HEMIPTERA; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

AUCHENORRHYNCHA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PHILAENUS;

EID: 33845964092     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02539     Document Type: Article

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