Biomechanics of running indicates endothermy in bipedal dinosaurs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Pontzer, Herman ^a   Allen, Vivian ^b   Hutchinson, John R ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIRD; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINOSAUR; EVOLUTION; EXTANT SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; HYPOTHESIS; LOCOMOTION; LUNG STRUCTURE; MAMMAL; METABOLIC RATE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PALEONTOLOGY; RUNNING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WALKING; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEAT; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; AVES; DINOSAURIA; MAMMALIA; ORNITHODIRA;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; DINOSAURS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; HOT TEMPERATURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; MUSCLES; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 70450202661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007783     Document Type: Article

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