Synchronization of wing beat cycle of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, by periodic light flashes

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 199-211

  Schmeling, Fabian ^a   Stange, Gert ^b   Homberg, Uwe ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central pattern generator; Flight stabilization; Insect flight; Ocelli; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NERVE COMPRESSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIODICITY; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TIME; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ACTIVITY CYCLES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; MOVEMENT; NERVE COMPRESSION SYNDROMES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHOTOPERIOD; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; VISION, OCULAR; VISUAL PATHWAYS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WING;

EID: 77952317263     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0505-9     Document Type: Article

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