Active control of free flight manoeuvres in a hawkmoth, Agrius convolvuli

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 423-432

  Wang, Hao ^a,b   Ando, Noriyasu ^a   Kanzaki, Ryohei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electromyography; Flight control; Free flight; Hawkmoth; Wing kinematics

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLYING; FORELIMB; MALE; MOTH; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY; TIME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MOTHS; MUSCLES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS; WING;

AGRIUS CONVOLVULI; CONVOLVULUS; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 40449131914     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.011791     Document Type: Article

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