Dynamically similar locomotion in horses

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 455-465

  Bullimore, Sharon R ^a,b   Burn, Jeremy F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allometry; Equus caballus; Gait; Horse; Intraspecific; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; GAIT; HORSE; PHYSIOLOGY; TENDON;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; GAIT; HORSES; TENDONS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 33644628000     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02029     Document Type: Article

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