A comparison of epigean and subterranean locomotion in the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo: Mustelidae: Carnivora)

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 189-197

  Horner, Angela M ^a   Biknevicius, Audrone R ^b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Center of mass mechanics; Gait kinematics; Locomotor behavior; Mustelids; Tunnel locomotion

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; FERRET; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; FERRETS; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA;

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA PUTORIUS FURO; MUSTELIDAE;

EID: 77956976481     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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