Relating ranging ecology, limb length, and locomotor economy in terrestrial animals

DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2011.11.018MaRDI QIDQ1787091zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Herman Pontzer

Publication date 26 September 2018

Published in Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.11.018

zbMATH Keywords

evolutionlocomotionenergeticsforaging efficiency

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Problems related to evolution (92D15) Ecology (92D40) Biomechanics (92C10)

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