Effect of aestivation on long bone mechanical properties in the green-striped burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 475-482

  Hudson, Nicholas J ^a   Bennett, Michael B ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Anuran; Cyclorana alboguttata; Disuse; Immobilisation; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FROGS AND TOADS; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; ESTIVATION; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; LOCOMOTION; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; CYCLORANA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842269978     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00787     Document Type: Article

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