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The metabolic cost of walking on an incline in the Peacock (Pavo cristatus)

Altering speed and moving on a gradient can affect an animal’s posture and gait, which in turn can change the energetic requirements of terrestrial locomotion. Here, the energetic and kinematic effects of locomoting on an incline were investigated in the Indian peacock, Pavo cristatus. The mass-spec...

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Autores principales: Wilkinson, Holly, Thavarajah, Nathan, Codd, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458126/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26056619
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.987