Locomotor kinetics on sloped arboreal and terrestrial substrates in a small quadrupedal mammal

Zoology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-103

  Lammers, Andrew R ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body weight support; Center of mass; Impulse; Locomotion; Substrate reaction force

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIDELPHIDAE; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MONODELPHIS DOMESTICA;

EID: 34247474758     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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