Spatio-temporal gait characteristics of level and vertical locomotion in a ground-dwelling and a climbing gecko

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 204, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1233-1246

  Zaaf, A ^a   Van Damme, R ^a   Herrel, A ^a   Aerts, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climbing; Eublepharis macularius; Gait; Gekko gecko; Kinematics; Level locomotion; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENT; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ENVIRONMENT; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; EUBLEPHARIS; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; GEKKO; GEKKO GECKO; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035745464     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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