Table of Contents

1: Physical and biological properties and principles related to animal movement
2: Muscles and skeletons: the building blocks of animal movement
3: Movement on land
4: Movement in water
5: Movement in air
6: Cell Crawling
7: Jumping, climbing and suspensory locomotion
8: Metabolic pathways for fueling locomotion
9: Energy costs of locomotion
10: Neuromuscular control of movement

About the Author

Professor Andrew A. Biewener
Concord Field Station, MCZ
Harvard University
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Bedford, MA 01730
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abiewener@oeb.harvard.edu
Charles P. Lyman Professor of Biology, Harvard University
Editor, Journal of Experimental Biology; editorial boards of Journal of Morphology; Physiological Biochemistry and Zoology and Journal of Experimental Zoology; (currently: past-President, American Society of Biomechanics)