Morphological correlates of aquatic and terrestrial locomotion in a semi-aquatic frog, Rana esculenta: No evidence for a design conflict

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 304-317

  Nauwelaerts, Sandra ^a,c   Ramsay, Jason ^b   Aerts, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ecomorphology; Inter individual variation; Locomotor performance; Scaling; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FROG; ISOMETRICS; JUMPING; LIMB MOVEMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANA ESCULENTA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWIMMING;

ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA;

EID: 33847369892     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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