Take-off and landing forces in jumping frogs

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-77

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anura; Frog; Ground reaction force; Jumping; Locomotion; Rana esculenta; Spring dashpot model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FROG; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RANA ESCULENTA; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 31544457059     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.01969     Document Type: Article

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