Control of tumbling during the locust jump

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 3378-3387

  Cofer, David ^a   Cymbalyuk, Gennady ^a   Heitler, William J ^b   Edwards, Donald H ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Elevation; Flight; Invertebrate; Jumping; Locust; Model; Neuromechanical; Simulation; Tumbling

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; GRASSHOPPER; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; GRASSHOPPERS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

INVERTEBRATA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 77956865798     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.046367     Document Type: Article

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