A new use for synchrotron X-ray microtomography: Three-dimensional biomechanical modeling of chelicerate mouthparts and calculation of theoretical bite forces

Invertebrate Biology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 332-339

  Heethoff, Michael ^a   Norton, Roy A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bite force prediction; Bite performance

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ARCHEGOZETES LONGISETOSUS; ARTHROPODA; CHELICERATA; ORIBATIDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 71749088349     PISSN: 10778306     EISSN: 17447410     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7410.2009.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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