Kinematics of jumping in leafhopper insects (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 3579-3589

  Burrows, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Locomotion; Motor pattern; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; HEMIPTERA; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; HEMIPTERA; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; WALKING; WING;

APHRODES; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CICADELLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 36348950890     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.009092     Document Type: Article

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