Gradient limits and safety factor of Alpine ibex ( Capra ibex ) locomotion

Hystrix

Carlo Massimo Biancardi¹ 

关键词: Alpine ibex;    locomotion;    steep slope;    dam walls;    safety factor;   

DOI  :  10.4404/hystrix-28.1-11504

学科分类：动物科学

来源: Associazione Teriologica Italiana

【 摘 要 】

Dam walls are like open laboratories useful to study the gradient limits of locomotion. Two dam walls, where Alpine ibex (Capra ibex) use to climb searching for the salty exuded, were filmed at 0.2 fps. The straight slope of the walls ranged from 123% to

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC