Is the energetics of mammalian hopping locomotion advantageous in arid environments?

Australian Mammalogy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-160

  Webster, Koa N ^b   Dawson, Terence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arid zone; Bettong; Energetics; Hopping; Kangaroo; Locomotion; Potoroo; Rodent; wallaby

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964539035     PISSN: 03100049     EISSN: 18367402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/am04153     Document Type: Article

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