Locomotor kinetics and kinematics on inclines and declines in the gray short-tailed opossum Monodelphis domestica

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4154-4166

  Lammers, Andrew R ^a   Earls, Kathleen D ^b   Biknevicius, Audrone R ^b  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Limb excursion; Locomotion; Quadruped; Required coefficient of friction; Substrate reaction force

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; OPOSSUM; PHYSIOLOGY; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MONODELPHIS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33751077372     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02493     Document Type: Article

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