Linking biomechanics and ecology through predator-prey interactions: Flight performance of dragonflies and their prey

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 903-913

  Combes, S A ^a   Rundle, D E ^a   Iwasaki, J M ^a   Crall, J D ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dragonflies; Drosophila; Insect flight; Predation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DROSOPHILA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FLY; FLYING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ECOSYSTEM; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MOVEMENT; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; LIBELLULA CYANEA;

EID: 84858684399     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.059394     Document Type: Conference Paper

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