Jumping kinematics in the wandering spider Cupiennius salei

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

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 421-438

  Weihmann, Tom ^a   Karner, Michael ^a   Full, Robert J ^b   Blickhan, Reinhard ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ctenidae; Hunting spider; Jumping; Kinematics; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; LEG; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; SPIDER; STIMULATION; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS INDEX; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLES; ORIENTATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; POSTURE; SENSE ORGANS; SPIDERS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77952857510     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0527-3     Document Type: Article

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