Jumping strategies and performance in shore bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Saldidae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-115

  Burrows, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heteroptera; Kinematics; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; HETEROPTERA; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ENGLAND; EXTREMITIES; HETEROPTERA; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; VIDEO RECORDING; WING;

HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; SALDIDAE; SALDULA; SALDULA SALTATORIA;

EID: 58149231159     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.024448     Document Type: Article

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