Gait selection in the ostrich: Mechanical and metabolic characteristics of walking and running with and without an aerial phase

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1543, 2004, Pages 1091-1099

  Rubenson, Jonas ^a,c   Heliams, Denham B ^b   Lloyd, David G ^a   Fournier, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Fauna Technology   (Australia)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Energetics; Gait transition; Locomotion; Ostrich

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; ENERGETICS; EVOLUTION; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSTRICH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; AVES; EQUIDAE; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442676290     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2004.2702     Document Type: Article

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