There is always a trade-off between speed and force in a lever system: Comment on McHenry (2010)

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 878-879

  Arnold, Allison S ^a   Richards, Christopher T ^b   Ros, Ivo G ^a   Biewener, Andrew A ^a  

^a Harvard Concord Field Station   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 82455175836     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0431     Document Type: Note

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