Swimming with a sword: Tail beat kinematics in relation to sword length in Xiphophorus

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 924-932

  Oufiero, Christopher E ^a,b   Jugo, Kristine ^a   Garland, Theodore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kinematics; Locomotion; Sexual selection; Swordtail

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPLITUDE; CYPRINID; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

XIPHOPHORUS; XIPHOPHORUS ALVAREZI;

EID: 84904366989     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12222     Document Type: Article

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