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Mediterranean Spur-Thighed Tortoises (Testudo graeca) Have Optimal Speeds at Which They Can Minimise the Metabolic Cost of Transport, on a Treadmill

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Understanding the energy that animals use to move around is important, as it can shed light on how they make decisions about where and how to locomote. Tortoises are unique among vertebrates in having a shell, which influences almost all aspects of their biology. Here, we experimenta...

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Autores principales: Ewart, Heather, Tickle, Peter, Nudds, Robert, Sellers, William, Crossley, Dane, Codd, Jonathan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9312080/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36101430
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biology11071052

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