Straight walking and turning on a slippery surface

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-209

  Gruhn, Matthias ^a   Zehl, Lyuba ^a   Büschges, Ansgar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Leg coordination; Stick insect; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LEG; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; INSECTS; LOWER EXTREMITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; PHASMATODEA;

EID: 58149339841     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.018317     Document Type: Article

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