What explains the trot-gallop transition in small mammals?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 4061-4066

  Iriarte Díaz, José ^a,b   Bozinovic, Francisco ^c   Vásquez, Rodrigo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Body mass; Energetics; Froude number; Gait transition; Loading

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; OCTODON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGY; OCTODON; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING;

MAMMALIA; OCTODON; OCTODON DEGUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 33751096229     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02473     Document Type: Article

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