Annual review of physiology.
Publisher:
Annual Reviews, inc.. Palo Alto Ca : Annual Reviews
Frequency: Annual
Country: United States
Language: English
Author(s):
American Physiological Society (1887- )
Start Year:1939 -
ISSN:
0066-4278 (Print)
1545-1585 (Electronic)
0066-4278 (Linking)
1545-1585 (Electronic)
0066-4278 (Linking)
Impact Factor
18.2
2023
| NLM ID: | 0370600 |
| (DNLM): | A54240000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 01481511 |
| Coden: | ARPHAD |
| LCCN: | 39015404 |
| Classification: | W1 AN779 |
Limits to maximal performance. Body size fundamentally affects maximal locomotor performance in mammals. Comparisons of performances of different-sized animals yield different results if made using relative, rather than absolute scales. Absolute speed may be a reasonable way to evaluate the locomotor performance of an animal that must escape predators in real time. However, comparisons of metabolic power in animals of different size can only be made meaningfully on a mass-specific basis. Numerous factors associated with the mechanics, energetics, and storage of elastic energy during locomotion change with body size, which r...