Comparative three-dimensional kinematics of the hindlimb for high-speed bipedal and quadrupedal locomotion of lizards

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1047-1065

  Irschick, Duncan J ^a   Jayne, Bruce C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedal; Comparative phylogeny; Froude number; Kinematics; Lizard; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032978842     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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