Scaling and jumping: Gravity loses grip on small jumpers

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 240, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 554-561

  Scholz, Melanie N ^a   Bobbert, Maarten F ^a   Knoek van Soest, A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Evolution; Functional morphology; Leaping; Size

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; HEIGHT; INSECT; VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; GEOMETRY; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMODYNAMICS; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; GRAVITATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33646777837     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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