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List of works by Christofer Clemente

A bio-robotic platform for integrating internal and external mechanics during muscle-powered swimming

scientific article

A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus (Megalania) priscus

scientific article

Archipelagos of the Anthropocene: rapid and extensive differentiation of native terrestrial vertebrates in a single metropolis

scientific article

Balancing Biomechanical Constraints: Optimal Escape Speeds When There Is a Trade-off between Speed and Maneuverability

scientific article published on 2 September 2015

Biomechanical insights into the role of foot pads during locomotion in camelid species

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Body and tail-assisted pitch control facilitates bipedal locomotion in Australian agamid lizards

scientific article published on 26 September 2018

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

scientific article published on 15 May 2013

Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part I-an examination of cancellous bone architecture in the hindlimb bones of theropods

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part II-a new approach to inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct tetrapod vertebrates

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part III-Inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct theropods, and its evolution on the line to birds

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Classifying relationships that define interactions between native and invasive species in Australian ecosystems

scientific article published in 2022

Determining the influence of muscle operating length on muscle performance during frog swimming using a bio-robotic model

scientific article published on 8 June 2012

Enter the Dragon: The Dynamic and Multifunctional Evolution of Anguimorpha Lizard Venoms

scientific article published on 6 August 2017

Evidence for self-cleaning in fluid-based smooth and hairy adhesive systems of insects

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Evolution of limb bone loading and body size in varanid lizards

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Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing

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Foot pressure distributions during walking in African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

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Form follows function: morphological diversification and alternative trapping strategies in carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants

scientific article (publication date: 25 October 2011)

Friction ridges in cockroach climbing pads: anisotropy of shear stress measured on transparent, microstructured substrates

scientific article published in July 2009

How to build your dragon: scaling of muscle architecture from the world's smallest to the world's largest monitor lizard

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Insect tricks: two-phasic foot pad secretion prevents slipping

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Jumping without slipping: leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) possess special tarsal structures for jumping from smooth surfaces

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Lizard tricks: overcoming conflicting requirements of speed versus climbing ability by altering biomechanics of the lizard stride.

scientific article published on 18 July 2013

Manganese contamination affects the motor performance of wild northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus)

scientific article published on 21 May 2018

Mechanisms of self-cleaning in fluid-based smooth adhesive pads of insects

scientific article published on 3 July 2012

Monitoring muscle over three orders of magnitude: Widespread positive allometry among locomotor and body support musculature in the pectoral girdle of varanid lizards (Varanidae)

scientific article published on 24 July 2020

Morphology and burrowing energetics of semi-fossorial skinks (Liopholis spp.).

scientific article published on 8 June 2015

Moving in complex environments: a biomechanical analysis of locomotion on inclined and narrow substrates

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

Muscle function and hydrodynamics limit power and speed in swimming frogs

scientific article published in January 2013

Optimal body size with respect to maximal speed for the yellow-spotted monitor lizard (Varanus panoptes; Varanidae).

scientific article published on 20 March 2012

Predicting the Movement Speeds of Animals in Natural Environments.

scientific article published on 22 October 2015

Pushing versus pulling: division of labour between tarsal attachment pads in cockroaches

scientific article published in June 2008

Quantifying koala locomotion strategies: implications for the evolution of arborealism in marsupials

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Running faster causes disaster: trade-offs between speed, manoeuvrability and motor control when running around corners in northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus).

scientific article published on February 2015

Series elasticity facilitates safe plantar flexor muscle-tendon shock absorption during perturbed human hopping

scientific article published on 17 March 2021

Sticking to the speed limits

scientific article published on 01 August 2017

Surface friction alters the agility of a small Australian marsupial.

scientific article published on 20 March 2018

The effects of cracks on the quantification of the cancellous bone fabric tensor in fossil and archaeological specimens: a simulation study

scientific article

The evolution of bipedal running in lizards suggests a consequential origin may be exploited in later lineages

scientific article published on 3 June 2014

The influence of speed and size on avian terrestrial locomotor biomechanics: Predicting locomotion in extinct theropod dinosaurs.

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

The private life of echidnas: using accelerometry and GPS to examine field biomechanics and assess the ecological impact of a widespread, semi-fossorial monotreme.

scientific article published in October 2016

Using a biologically mimicking climbing robot to explore the performance landscape of climbing in lizards

scientific article published on 31 March 2021

Using step width to compare locomotor biomechanics between extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs and modern obligate bipeds.

scientific article published in July 2017

Where Have All the Giants Gone? How Animals Deal with the Problem of Size.

scientific article

Why go bipedal? Locomotion and morphology in Australian agamid lizards

scientific article published on 01 July 2008

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