Mechanical power output during running accelerations in wild turkeys

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1485-1494

  Roberts, Thomas J ^a   Scales, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird; Locomotion; Meleagris gallopavo; Muscle; Power; Running; Turkey; Work

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; ELASTICITY; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; TURKEYS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0036322861     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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