Caterpillar crawling over irregular terrain: Anticipation and local sensing

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

Volumn 196, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 397-406

  van Griethuijsen, Linnea I ^a   Trimmer, Barry A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caterpillar; Irregular terrain; Manduca sexta; Obstacle; Sensory feedback

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; LEPIDOPTERA; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSE ORGAN; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; FEEDBACK, SENSORY; LARVA; LOCOMOTION; MANDUCA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SENSE ORGANS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 77952877102     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-010-0525-5     Document Type: Article

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