A unified theory for the energy cost of legged locomotion

scientific article published on February 2016

A unified theory for the energy cost of legged locomotion is …
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P356DOI10.1098/RSBL.2015.0935
P932PMC publication ID4780550
P698PubMed publication ID26911339
P5875ResearchGate publication ID295901766

P50authorHerman PontzerQ89737724
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P433issue2
P304page(s)20150935
P577publication date2016-02-01
P1433published inBiology LettersQ43341
P1476titleA unified theory for the energy cost of legged locomotion
P478volume12

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