Swimming and jumping in a semi-aquatic frog

Animal Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-15

  Nauwelaerts, Sandra ^a   Stamhuis, Eize ^b   Aerts, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anura; Forces; Kinematics; Morphology; Optimal design; Rana esculenta

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FROG; KINEMATICS; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 27644470725     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1570756053276934     Document Type: Article

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