Scaling of rotational inertia in murine rodents and two species of lizard

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 2135-2141

  Walter, Rebecca M ^a   Carrier, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Agility; Iguana iguana; Lizard; Locomotion; Manoeuvrability; Moment of inertia; Mouse; Mus domesticus; Rat; Rattus norvegicus; Varanus exanthematicus

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTREMITIES; IGUANAS; LIZARDS; MATHEMATICS; MICE; MOVEMENT; PHYLOGENY; RATS; ROTATION; ANIMALS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LIZARD; MATHEMATICS; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; ROTATION;

EID: 0036023250     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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