Evidence for a mass dependent step-change in the scaling of efficiency in terrestrial locomotion.
A reanalysis of existing data suggests that the established tenet of increasing efficiency of transport with body size in terrestrial locomotion requires re-evaluation. Here, the statistical model that described the data best indicated a dichotomy between the data for small (<1 kg) and large anim...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-09-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19738898/pdf/?tool=EBI |