Application of cineradiography for the metric and kinematic study of in-phase gaits during locomotion of the pika (Ochotona rufescens, Mammalia: Lagomorpha)

Zoology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 148-173

  Fischer, M S ^a   Lehmann, R ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lagomorph locomotion; Pantograph limb geometry; Shoulder evolution; Step frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009879229     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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