Bird terrestrial locomotion as revealed by 3D kinematics

Zoology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 360-368

  Abourachid, Anick ^a   Hackert, Remi ^a   Herbin, Marc ^a   Libourel, Paul A ^a   Lambert, François ^a,b   Gioanni, Henri ^b   Provini, Pauline ^a   Blazevic, Pierre ^c   Hugel, Vincent ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Universite de Versailles Saint Quentin   (France)

Author keywords

3D kinematics; Bird anatomy; Bird locomotion; Coturnix coturnix; Head bobbing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COTURNIX; GAIT; HEAD; JOINT; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COTURNIX; GAIT; HEAD; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINTS; WALKING;

AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX COTURNIX; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 80955148992     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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