The scaling of locomotor performance in predator-prey encounters: From fish to killer whales

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 169-182

  Domenici, Paolo ^a  

^a ICB CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Aquatic vertebrates; Locomotion; Manoeuvrability; Predator prey relationships; Scaling; Speed; Turning angle; Turning radius; Turning rate

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; SWIMMING; TAIL; VELOCITY; WHALE;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; DIGENEA (FLUKES); MEGAPTERA; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035688480     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00465-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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