Estimating maximum performance: Effects of intraindividual variation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1336-1343

  Adolph, Stephen C ^a   Pickering, Trevor ^a,b  

^a HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bias; Burst speed; Correlation; Intraindividual variation; Lizard; Maximum; Performance; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; LIZARDS; MALE; RUNNING;

ANIMALIA; SCELOPORUS OCCIDENTALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 44349173705     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.011296     Document Type: Article

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