Kinematic Adjustments of Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) During Terrestrial Walking
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- abstract
- Locomotion is a critical aspect of an animal’s life and is directly involved in many behaviors such as searching food, evading predators, and competing for mates. Kinematic adjustments are slight modifications to the general pattern of locomotion. Understanding the capabilities of animals to alter their general patterns of locomotion is useful for making broader connections across taxa to ask questions about evolution. The focus of this research is to determine to what extent tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) make kinematic adjustments during terrestrial walking when their lateral bending is restricted and on substrates of varying compliance.
- subject
- kinematics
- lateral undulation
- substrate effects
- trackway features
- trunk flexibility
- contributor
- Ashley-Ross, Miriam A (committee chair)
- Blob, Richard W (committee member)
- Conner, William E (committee member)
- Fahrbach, Susan E (committee member)
- Silman, Miles R (committee member)
- date
- 2020-08-28T08:35:22Z (accessioned)
- 2021-08-27T08:30:15Z (available)
- 2020 (issued)
- degree
- Biology (discipline)
- embargo
- 2021-08-27 (terms)
- identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10339/96942 (uri)
- language
- en (iso)
- publisher
- Wake Forest University
- title
- Kinematic Adjustments of Tiger Salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) During Terrestrial Walking
- type
- Dissertation