Just drop it and run: The effect of limb autotomy on running distance and locomotion energetics of field crickets (Gryllus bimaculatus)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1446-1454

  Fleming, Patricia A ^a   Bateman, Philip W ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cost of transport; Energy; Insect; Locomotion; Metabolic rate; Orthoptera; Running

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GRYLLIDAE; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXTREMITIES; GRYLLIDAE; LOCOMOTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLINAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 34248574074     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02757     Document Type: Article

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