Optimal movement in the prey strikes of weakly electric fish: A case study of the interplay of body plan and movement capability

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 34, 2009, Pages 417-433

  Postlethwaite, Claire M ^a   Psemeneki, Tiffany M ^a   Selimkhanov, Jangir ^a   Silber, Mary ^a   MacIver, Malcolm A ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal locomotion; Discrete mechanics; Optimal control

Indexed keywords

BIPED LOCOMOTION; MEATS; MECHANICS; OPTIMIZATION; TRAJECTORIES;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR; ANIMAL LOCOMOTION; BODY PLAN; BODY SHAPES; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CONTROL CONSTRAINT; DISCRETE MECHANICS; KIRCHHOFF'S EQUATION; MINIMAL MODEL; OPTIMAL CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL MOVEMENTS; OPTIMIZATION METHOD; PREY CAPTURE; SIMPLIFIED MODELS; WEAKLY ELECTRIC FISH;

FISH;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MOVEMENT; ELECTRIC FISH; GEOMETRY; LIQUID; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PREY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STEREOTYPY; ANIMAL; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BIOMECHANICS; GYMNOTIFORMES; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; GYMNOTIFORMES; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTION PERCEPTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 66849116991     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0286     Document Type: Article

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