Scaling of the indicator of athletic capability in fossil and extant land tetrapods

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 441-446

  Fariña, Richard A ^a   Vizcaíno, Sergio F ^b   Blanco, R Ernesto ^c  

^a Institute Cle fi'Sica   (Uruguay)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; FOSSIL; LIMB; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; TETRAPODA;

EID: 0031582236     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0323     Document Type: Article

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