Propulsive impulse as a covarying performance measure in the comparison of the kinematics of swimming and jumping in frogs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 23, 2003, Pages 4341-4351

  Nauwelaerts, Sandra ^a   Aerts, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anura; Frog; Jumping; Kinematics; Locomotion; Rana esculenta; Swimming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FROG; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ENVIRONMENT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; RANA ESCULENTA; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 0346432361     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00690     Document Type: Article

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