Why do Large Animals Never Actuate Their Jumps with Latch-Mediated Springs? Because They can Jump Higher Without Them

As animals get smaller, their ability to generate usable work from muscle contraction is decreased by the muscle’s force–velocity properties, thereby reducing their effective jump height. Very small animals use a spring-actuated system, which prevents velocity effects from reducing available energy....

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Autores principales: Sutton, Gregory P, Mendoza, Elizabeth, Azizi, Emanuel, Longo, Sarah J, Olberding, Jeffrey P, Ilton, Mark, Patek, Sheila N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
Materias:
S3 Playing with Power: Mechanisms of Energy Flow in Organismal Movement
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6907395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31399734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz145

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6907395/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31399734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icb/icz145

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