Functional design and scaling of the jumping mechanism of the African desert locust
Current models for scaling of skeletal morphology were examined to test their applicability to the ontogenetic growth of an exoskeletal animal, the African Desert Locust (Schistocerca gregaria). It was found that the tibial leg segments of both the mesothoracic (ie. non-jumping) and the metathoracic...
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| Language: | English |
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2008
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/1743 |