Muscle function and hydrodynamics limit power and speed in swimming frogs

Built for rowing: frog muscle is tuned to limb morphology to power swimming

(2013) C. T. Richards et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Elastic recoil can either amplify or attenuate muscle–tendon power, depending on inertial vs. fluid dynamic loading

(2012) Christopher T. Richards et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Optimal Body Size with Respect to Maximal Speed for the Yellow-Spotted Monitor Lizard (Varanus panoptes; Varanidae)

(2012) Christofer J. Clemente et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Evidence for a vertebrate catapult: elastic energy storage in the plantaris tendon during frog jumping

(2011) H. C. Astley et al.   Biology Letters

Evolution of limb bone loading and body size in varanid lizards

(2011) C. J. Clemente et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Kinematics and hydrodynamics analysis of swimming anurans reveals striking inter-specific differences in the mechanism for producing thrust

(2010) C. T. Richards   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Environmentally induced mechanical feedback in locomotion: Frog performance as a model

(2009) Peter Aerts et al.   JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY

Evolutionary relationships of sprint speed in Australian varanid lizards

(2009) C. J. Clemente et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

The relation between maximal running speed and body mass in terrestrial mammals

(2009) Theodore Garland   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Software techniques for two- and three-dimensional kinematic measurements of biological and biomimetic systems

(2008) Tyson L Hedrick   Bioinspiration & Biomimetics

Frequency-dependent power output and skeletal muscle design

(2008) Scott Medler et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY