Author: Gambarian, P P
Publisher: Leningrad: Academy of Science of the USSR 1972.
Description: 334p hardback, deer running on cover, many illustrations throughout: The Running of Animals (Adaptational features of locomotive organs) - the explanation of the running behaviour of mammals and is the result of multi-year research, conducted in the wild and in experimental conditions, with widespread use of high-speed photography. The running gait of mammals is explained, as well as the biomechanics of their locomotion on land and adaptation to running by hooved animals, elephants, beasts of prey, rodents and kangaroos. A generalized chapter gives the classification of the methods and forms of running of mammals. There are 217 illustrations, 37 tables and 185 names in the bibliography. With a dedication to Professor A F Huxley from N Arronet Editor in Charge of the Book 1972 and a loose collection of correspondence relating to the translation of the book inserted
Order No: PIP 178661
Language: Russian
This book has been catalogued with the following subject terms: Biology, Natural History, Transport
