Fig. 5. Net changes in gravitational potential (
EP),
horizontal and vertical kinetic (
EKh and
EKv, respectively), and total mechanical energy
(
Ecom) of the COM over the course of one step for
the C, U and V treatments. The broken gray line indicates the
EP that would occur if the birds fell the entire
substrate drop (
H=8.5 cm). Values are means ± s.e.m for
all individuals (N=5). The net changes in energy were determined over
the time interval illustrated in Fig.
3B.