The biodynamics of arboreal locomotion: The effects of substrate diameter on locomotor kinetics in the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 4325-4336

  Lammers, Andrew R ^a,b   Biknevicius, Audrone R ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreal; Gray short tailed opossum; Locomotion; Monodelphis domestica; Required coefficient of friction; Substrate reaction force; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORELIMB; FRICTION; GAIT; HINDLIMB; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OPOSSUM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; FRICTION; GAIT; HINDLIMB; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MONODELPHIS; PHYLOGENY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

DIDELPHIDAE; MONODELPHIS; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 11944272703     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01231     Document Type: Article

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