Scaling of sensorimotor control in terrestrial mammals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1700, 2010, Pages 3563-3568

  More, Heather L ^a   Hutchinson, John R ^b   Collins, David F ^c   Weber, Douglas J ^d   Aung, Steven K H ^c   Donelan, J Maxwell ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conduction velocity; Locomotion; Mammal; Nerve; Scaling; Sensorimotor

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PRIORITIZATION; RESOLUTION; SENSORY SYSTEM; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRADE-OFF; VELOCITY;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; MAMMALIA; SORICIDAE;

EID: 78650051400     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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