Kinematic parameters of terrestrial locomotion in cursorial (ratites), swimming (ducks), and striding birds (quail and guinea fowl)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 113-119

  Abourachid, Anick ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anatidae; Aves; Bipedal locomotion; Functional morphology; Galliforms; Kinematics; Ratites

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; QUAIL; RATITE; SPACE; STANDING; SWIMMING; TIME; VELOCITY;

ACTINIDIA CHINENSIS; ANAS; ANATIDAE; AVES; GALLIFORMES; PHASIANIDAE; RHEA;

EID: 0035688479     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00471-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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