A hydrodynamic model of locomotion in the Basilisk lizard

Nature

Volumn 380, Issue 6572, 1996, Pages 340-342

  Glasheen, J W ^a,b   McMahon, T A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HYDRODYNAMICS; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BASILISCUS; BASILISCUS BASILISCUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030009335     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/380340a0     Document Type: Article

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