Response of cricket and spider motion-sensing hairs to airflow pulsations

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue 40, 2009, Pages 1047-1064

  Kant, R ^a   Humphrey, J A C ^b,c  

^a Flatiron Research LLC   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical modelling; Cricket cercal hairs; Flow pulsations; Reaction times; Spider trichobothria

Indexed keywords

FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INCOMPRESSIBLE FLOW;

ANALYTICAL MODELLING; CRICKET CERCAL HAIRS; FLOW PULSATIONS; REACTION TIMES; SPIDER TRICHOBOTHRIA;

VELOCITY;

AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HAIR; INSECT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOTION; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; PREDATION; RESPONSE TIME; SPIDER; VELOCITY;

ARANEAE; CUPIENNIUS SALEI; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 70349758353     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0523     Document Type: Article

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