The energetic costs of trunk and distal-limb loading during walking and running in guinea fowl Numida meleagris: II. Muscle energy use as indicated by blood flow

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2064-2075

  Ellerby, David J ^a,b   Marsh, Richard L ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Backpack loading; Blood flow; Energy use; Guinea fowl; Load carrying; Locomotion; Numida meleagris; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD FLOW; ENERGY METABOLISM; GALLIFORMES; HINDLIMB; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GALLIFORMES; HINDLIMB; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RUNNING; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

AVES; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS;

EID: 33745635346     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02227     Document Type: Article

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