Leg morphology and locomotion in birds: Requirements for force and speed during ankle flexion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1085-1097

  Zeffer, A ^a   Lindhe Norberg, U M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ankle flexion; Bird; Force; Leg adaptation; Locomotion; Musculus tibialis cranialis; Speed; Tarsometatarsus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; BIRD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTOLOGY; LEG; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMETRY; BIRDS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; LOCOMOTION; LOWER EXTREMITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; HUMULUS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MUSCULUS;

EID: 0037355315     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00208     Document Type: Article

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