Hindlimb function in turtle locomotion: Limb movements and muscular activation across taxa, environment, and ontogeny

Biology of Turtles: From Structures to Strategies of Life

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 139-162

  Blob, Richard W ^a   Rivera, Angela R V ^a   Westneat, Mark W ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 85055956620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420004977     Document Type: Chapter

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