From bouncy legs to poisoned arrows: Elastic movements in invertebrates

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1973-1980

  Patek, S N ^a   Dudek, D M ^b   Rosario, M V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Elastic mechanisms; Invertebrates; Power amplification

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTICITY; EVOLUTION; HISTOLOGY; INVERTEBRATE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMIMETICS; ELASTICITY; INVERTEBRATES; MOVEMENT;

CERCOPIDAE; CNIDARIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 79957641997     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.038596     Document Type: Article

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