Running energetics of the North American river otter: Do short legs necessarily reduce efficiency on land?

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 203-212

  Williams, Terrie M ^a   Ben David, M ^b   Noren, S ^a   Rutishauser, M ^a   McDonald, K ^a   Heyward, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Corgi dog; Cost of transport; Energetics; Limb length; River otter; Running; Stride frequency

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MASS; CARNIVORA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; GAIT; KINEMATICS; LEG LENGTH; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETER; PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; TREADMILL; VELOCITY;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; ELAGATIS; LONTRA CANADENSIS; LUTRINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036802592     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00136-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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