Locomotion in terrestrial mammals: the influence of body mass, limb length and bone proportions on speed

Scaling of the limb long bones to body m

Scaling of the limb long bones to body mass in terrestrial mammals

✍ Per Christiansen 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 299 KB 👁 2 views

Long-bone scaling has been analyzed in a large number of terrestrial mammals for which body masses were known. Earlier proposals that geometric or elastic similarity are suitable as explanations for long-bone scaling across a large size range are not supported. Differential scaling is present, and l