Vertical jumping in Galago senegalensis: The quest for an obligate mechanical power amplifier

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 353, Issue 1375, 1998, Pages 1607-1620

  Aerts, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Galago senegalensis; Inverse dynamics; Jumping mechanism; Power amplification

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032578877     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1998.0313     Document Type: Article

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