Response: Of ideas, dichotomies, methods, and data - How much do elephant kinematics differ from those of other large animals?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-154

  Hutchinson, John R ^a  

^a ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

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ANIMALIA;

EID: 58149250275     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.025098     Document Type: Letter

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