Principles of Animal LocomotionPrinceton University Press, 31 okt. 2013 - 384 sidor How can geckoes walk on the ceiling and basilisk lizards run over water? What are the aerodynamic effects that enable small insects to fly? What are the relative merits of squids' jet-propelled swimming and fishes' tail-powered swimming? Why do horses change gait as they increase speed? What determines our own vertical leap? Recent technical advances have greatly increased researchers' ability to answer these questions with certainty and in detail. |
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Chapter 3 Energy Requirements for Locomotion | 38 |
Chapter 4 Consequences of Size Differences | 53 |
Chapter 5 Methods for the Study of Locomotion | 68 |
Chapter 6 Alternative Techniques for Locomotion on Land | 86 |
Chapter 7 Walking Running and Hopping | 103 |
Chapter 8 Climbing and Jumping | 146 |
Chapter 12 Powered Forward Flight | 224 |
Chapter 13 Moving on the Surface of Water | 240 |
Chapter 14 Swimming with Oars and Hydrofoils | 249 |
Chapter 15 Swimming by Undulation | 266 |
Chapter 16 Swimming by Jet Propulsion | 288 |
Chapter 17 Buoyancy | 301 |
Chapter 18 Aids to Human Locomotion | 316 |
Chapter 19 Epilogue | 327 |
Chapter 9 Crawling and Burrowing | 166 |
Chapter 10 Gliding and Soaring | 181 |
Chapter 11 Hovering | 209 |
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