Take-off speed in jumping mantises depends on body size and a power-limited mechanism

Mantises Exchange Angular Momentum between Three Rotating Body Parts to Jump Precisely to Targets

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Jumping mechanisms and strategies in moths (Lepidoptera)

(2015) M. Burrows et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Power amplification in an isolated muscle-tendon unit is load dependent

(2015) G. S. Sawicki et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Constraints on muscle performance provide a novel explanation for the scaling of posture in terrestrial animals

(2013) J. R. Usherwood   Biology Letters

Chasing maximal performance: a cautionary tale from the celebrated jumping frogs of Calaveras County

(2013) H. C. Astley et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Fatigue of insect cuticle

(2013) J.-H. Dirks et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The green leafhopper, Cicadella viridis (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadellidae), jumps with near-constant acceleration

(2013) G. Bonsignori et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The Effects of Temperature and Body Mass on Jump Performance of the Locust Locusta migratoria

(2013) Edward P. Snelling et al.   PLoS One

Effects of Isometric Scaling on Vertical Jumping Performance

(2013) Maarten F. Bobbert   PLoS One

Body size and the neural control of movement

(2012) Scott L. Hooper   CURRENT BIOLOGY

A buckling region in locust hindlegs contains resilin and absorbs energy when jumping or kicking goes wrong

(2012) T. G. Bayley et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

From bouncy legs to poisoned arrows: elastic movements in invertebrates

(2011) S. N. Patek et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Biomechanics of jumping in the flea

(2011) G. P. Sutton et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The mechanics of azimuth control in jumping by froghopper insects

(2010) G. P. Sutton et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Initiation of flight in the unrestrained fly, Drosophila melanogaster

(2010) J. R. Trimarchi et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Jumping performance of planthoppers (Hemiptera, Issidae)

(2009) M. Burrows   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

The mechanics of elevation control in locust jumping

(2008) G. P. Sutton et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

The effect of leg length on jumping performance of short- and long-legged leafhopper insects

(2008) M. Burrows et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY