Terrestrial locomotion in the black-billed magpie: Kinematic analysis of walking, running and out-of-phase hopping

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 203, Issue 14, 2000, Pages 2159-2170

  Verstappen, Myriam ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a   Van Damme, Raoul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Billed magpie; Bipedal gait; Black; Hopping; Kinematics; Pica pica; Running; Terrestrial locomotion; Walking

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; VIDEORECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIRDS; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; RUNNING; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CORVIDAE; PICA PICA;

EID: 0033852704     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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