Effects of slope, substrate, and temperature on forces associated with locomotion of the ornate box turtle, Terrapene ornata

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 269-276

  Claussen, Dennis L ^a   Snashall, Jon ^a   Barden, Chris ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Box turtles; Force; Locomotion; Reptiles; Slope; Substrate; Temperature

Indexed keywords

POLYSTYRENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EXAMINATION; FORCE TRANSDUCER; ISOMETRICS; LOCOMOTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NONHUMAN; TEMPERATURE; TURTLE;

PISUM SATIVUM; REPTILIA; TERRAPENE; TERRAPENE ORNATA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 4143050221     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2003.08.010     Document Type: Article

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