The green leafhopper, cicadella viridis (hemiptera, auchenorrhyncha, cicadellidae), jumps with near-constant acceleration

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1270-1279

  Bonsignori, Gabriella ^a   Stefanini, Cesare ^a,b   Scarfogliero, Umberto ^a   Mintchev, Stefano ^a   Benelli, Giovanni ^c   Dario, Paolo ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Jumping locomotion; Kinematics; Leafhopper; Take off phase

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; HEMIPTERA; ITALY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIDEORECORDING;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HEMIPTERA; ITALY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LOCOMOTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIDEO RECORDING;

AUCHENORRHYNCHA; CICADELLA VIRIDIS; CICADELLIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84876105400     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.076083     Document Type: Article

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