Mechanical trade-offs explain how performance increases without increasing cost in rattlesnake tailshaker muscle

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 667-675

  Moon, Brad R ^a   Hopp, J Johanna ^a   Conley, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraction frequency; Crotalus atrox; Force; Muscle; Power; Rattling; Western diamondback rattlesnake; Work

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SNAKE; TAIL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BIOMECHANICS; CROTALUS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TAIL;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; SERPENTES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036324048     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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