Low effective mechanical advantage of giraffes' limbs during walking reveals trade-off between limb length and locomotor performance

Basu, Christopher; Hutchinson, John R

doi:10.1073/pnas.2108471119

Low effective mechanical advantage of giraffes' limbs during walking reveals trade-off between limb length and locomotor performance

Basu, Christopher; Hutchinson, John R

Authors

Christopher Basu

John R Hutchinson

Contributors

John Hutchinson
Project Leader

Citation

Basu, C., & Hutchinson, J. R. (2022). Low effective mechanical advantage of giraffes' limbs during walking reveals trade-off between limb length and locomotor performance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108471119

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 9, 2022
Online Publication Date	Jul 7, 2022
Publication Date	Jul 7, 2022
Deposit Date	May 9, 2022
Publicly Available Date	Dec 20, 2022
Print ISSN	0027-8424
Publisher	National Academy of Sciences
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2108471119