Limits to vertical force and power production in bumblebees (Hymenoptera: Bombus impatiens)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-432

  Buchwald, R ^a   Dudley, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Allometry; Bombus; Bumblebee; Flight; Hindwing; Hovering; Power

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FLYING; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BEES; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; ORGAN SIZE; WEIGHT-BEARING; WING;

ANIMALIA; BOMBUS IMPATIENS; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 75649117741     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.033563     Document Type: Article

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