Energetic cost of locomotion in animals

1970/06/01 by Vance A. Tucker · 1 voice · 6 citations
Environmental Science · #Physiological and biochemical adaptations

paper · doi:10.1016/0010-406x(70)91006-6

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Discussions

• For reference, the 1973 Wilson article reused calculations and a graph coming from this prior article from Tucker, and added the dot labelled "man on bicycle": Tucker, "Energetic cost of locomotion i [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]