The typical flight performance of blowflies: Measuring the normal performance envelope of Calliphora vicina using a novel corner-cube arena

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Bomphrey, Richard J ^a   Walker, Simon M ^a   Taylor, Graham K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BEHAVIOR; CALLIPHORA VICINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; FLY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING; ACCELERATION; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; FLYING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METABOLISM; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

CALLIPHORA VICINA; CALLIPHORIDAE; HEXAPODA;

ACCELERATION; ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; DIPTERA; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70849130057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007852     Document Type: Article

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