Escape behaviour in blue-winged grasshoppers, Oedipoda caerulescens

Physiological Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 240-248

  Kral, Karl ^a  

^a Inst Zool an Karl Franzens Univ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acridids; Flight behaviour; Insect; Jumping performance; Kinematics; Landing response

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GRASSHOPPER; PREY LOCATION;

ACRIDIDAE; ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA; OEDIPODA CAERULESCENS;

EID: 77955761913     PISSN: 03076962     EISSN: 13653032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3032.2010.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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