Mediterranean Spur-Thighed Tortoises (
Testudines
biomechanics
kinematics
locomotion
respirometry
shell
Journal
Biology
ISSN: 2079-7737
Titre abrégé: Biology (Basel)
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101587988
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
13 Jul 2022
13 Jul 2022
Historique:
received:
27
04
2022
revised:
29
06
2022
accepted:
07
07
2022
entrez:
14
9
2022
pubmed:
15
9
2022
medline:
15
9
2022
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Tortoises are famed for their slow locomotion, which is in part related to their herbivorous diet and the constraints imposed by their protective shells. For most animals, the metabolic cost of transport (CoT) is close to the value predicted for their body mass. Testudines appear to be an exception to this rule, as previous studies indicate that, for their body mass, they are economical walkers. The metabolic efficiency of their terrestrial locomotion is explainable by their walking gait biomechanics and the specialisation of their limb muscle physiology, which embodies a predominance of energy-efficient slow-twitch type I muscle fibres. However, there are only two published experimental reports of the energetics of locomotion in tortoises, and these data show high variability. Here, Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoises (
Identifiants
pubmed: 36101430
pii: biology11071052
doi: 10.3390/biology11071052
pmc: PMC9312080
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Subventions
Organisme : Leverhulme Trust
ID : RPG-2019-104
Organisme : Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
ID : B/I021116/1
Pays : United Kingdom
Organisme : National Science Foundation
ID : 175651187
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