spacer gif spacer gif spacer gif spacer gif spacer gif
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


spacer gif
     Home     Help     Feedback     Subscriptions     Archive     Search     Table of Contents    

First published online October 5, 2006
Journal of Experimental Biology 209, 4061-4066 (2006)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2006
doi: 10.1242/jeb.02473
This Article
Right arrow Summary Freely available
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Supplementary Material
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Iriarte-Díaz, J.
Right arrow Articles by Vásquez, R. A.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Iriarte-Díaz, J.
Right arrow Articles by Vásquez, R. A.

What explains the trot–gallop transition in small mammals?

José Iriarte-Díaz1,2,*, Francisco Bozinovic3 and Rodrigo A. Vásquez1

1 Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 653, Santiago, Chile
2 Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Box G-W, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
3 Center for Advanced Studies in Ecology and Biodiversity, and Departamento de Ecología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago 6513677, Chile


Figure 1
View larger version (21K):

[in a new window]
  		Fig. 1. Net cost of transport (COT) as a function of treadmill speed for measured individuals. Circles, values obtained during trotting; triangles, values obtained during galloping; black, grey and open symbols, control, injected and overfed treatments, respectively.

 




© The Company of Biologists Ltd 2006