Jumping in a wingless stick insect, Timema chumash (Phasmatodea, Timematodea, Timematidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1021-1028

  Burrows, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Locomotion; Stick insect

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FORELIMB; HEMIPTERA; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HEMIPTERA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; WING;

HEXAPODA; PHASMATODEA; TIMEMA; TIMEMA CHUMASH; TIMEMATIDAE;

EID: 43049097886     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.014555     Document Type: Article

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