Christofer Clemente

Publications

• Monitoring muscle over three orders of magnitude: Widespread positive allometry among locomotor and body support musculature in the pectoral girdle of varanid lizards ( Varanidae )
• The scaling of ground reaction forces and duty factor in monitor lizards: implications for locomotion in sprawling tetrapods
• Understanding the limits to the hydraulic leg mechanism: the effects of speed and size on limb kinematics in vagrant arachnids
• Series elasticity facilitates safe plantar flexor muscle–tendon shock absorption during perturbed human hopping
• Using a biologically mimicking climbing robot to explore the performance landscape of climbing in lizards
• Tail Base Deflection but not Tail Curvature Varies with Speed in Lizards: Results from an Automated Tracking Analysis Pipeline
• Muscle architecture and shape changes in the gastrocnemii of active younger and older adults
• Quantifying finer-scale behaviours using self-organising maps (SOMs) to link accelerometery signatures with behavioural patterns in free-roaming terrestrial animals
• Morphological and performance modifications in the world’s only marine lizard, the Galápagos marine iguana, Amblyrhynchus cristatus
• A bio-inspired robotic climbing robot to understand kinematic and morphological determinants for an optimal climbing gait
• Body and tail-assisted pitch control facilitates bipedal locomotion in Australian agamid lizards
• Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part III—Inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct theropods, and its evolution on the line to birds
• Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part II—a new approach to inferring posture and locomotor biomechanics in extinct tetrapod vertebrates
• Cancellous bone and theropod dinosaur locomotion. Part I—an examination of cancellous bone architecture in the hindlimb bones of theropods
• Moving in complex environments: a biomechanical analysis of locomotion on inclined and narrow substrates
• Two species, one snare: Analysing snare usage and the impacts of tiger poaching on a non-target species, the Malayan tapir
• How sexual and natural selection shape sexual size dimorphism: Evidence from multiple evolutionary scales
• Quantifying koala locomotion strategies: implications for the evolution of arborealism in marsupials
• Biomechanical insights into the role of foot pads during locomotion in camelid species
• Not all urban landscapes are the same: interactions between urban land use and stress in a large herbivorous mammal
• Multidimensional analyses of physical performance reveal a size-dependent trade-off between suites of traits
• The influence of speed and size on avian terrestrial locomotor biomechanics: Predicting locomotion in extinct theropod dinosaurs
• Archipelagos of the Anthropocene: rapid and extensive differentiation of native terrestrial vertebrates in a single metropolis
• Optimal running speeds when there is a trade-off between speed and the probability of mistakes
• Manganese contamination affects the motor performance of wild northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus)
• Sticking to the speed limits
• Steady bipedal locomotion with a forward situated whole-body centre of mass: the potential importance of temporally asymmetric ground reaction forces
• Jumping without slipping: Leafhoppers (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) possess special tarsal structures for jumping from smooth surfaces
• Enter the dragon: The dynamic and multifunctional evolution of anguimorpha lizard venoms
• Surface friction alters the agility of a small Australian marsupial
• Speed and maneuverability jointly determine escape success: Exploring the functional bases of escape performance using simulated games
• Balancing Biomechanical Constraints: Optimal Escape Speeds When There Is a Trade-off between Speed and Maneuverability
• Morphology and burrowing energetics of semi-fossorial skinks (Liopholis spp.)
• How to build your dragon: Scaling of muscle architecture from the world's smallest to the world's largest monitor lizard
• Extreme positive allometry of animal adhesive pads and the size limits of adhesion-based climbing
• The private life of echidnas: Using accelerometry and GPS to examine field biomechanics and assess the ecological impact of a widespread, semi-fossorial monotreme
• The effects of cracks on the quantification of the cancellous bone fabric tensor in fossil and archaeological specimens: a simulation study
• Foot pressure distributions during walking in African elephants (Loxodonta africana)
• Using step width to compare locomotor biomechanics between extinct, non-avian theropod dinosaurs and modern obligate bipeds
• Where Have All the Giants Gone? How Animals Deal with the Problem of Size
• Running faster causes disaster: Trade-offs between speed, manoeuvrability and motor control when running around corners in northern quolls (Dasyurus hallucatus)
• The evolution of bipedal running in lizards suggests a consequential origin may be exploited in later lineages
• Muscle function and hydrodynamics limit power and speed in swimming frogs
• Lizard tricks: Overcoming conflicting requirements of speed versus climbing ability by altering biomechanics of the lizard stride
• Built for rowing: Frog muscle is tuned to limb morphology to power swimming
• Mechanisms of self-cleaning in fluid-based smooth adhesive pads of insects
• Determining the influence of muscle operating length on muscle performance during frog swimming using a bio-robotic model
• A bio-robotic platform for integrating internal and external mechanics during muscle-powered swimming
• Form follows function: Morphological diversification and alternative trapping strategies in carnivorous Nepenthes pitcher plants
• Predicting the Movement Speeds of Animals in Natural Environments
• Optimal body size with respect to maximal speed for the yellow-spotted monitor lizard (Varanus panoptes; varanidae)
• Evolution of limb bone loading and body size in varanid lizards
• The visual system of the Australian wolf spider Lycosa leuckartii (Araneae: Lycosidae): Visual acuity and the functional role of the eyes
• Insect tricks: Two-phasic foot pad secretion prevents slipping
• Evidence for self-cleaning in fluid-based smooth and hairy adhesive systems of insects
• Evolutionary relationships of sprint speed in Australian varanid lizards
• Friction ridges in cockroach climbing pads: Anisotropy of shear stress measured on transparent, microstructured substrates
• Metabolic rate and endurance capacity in Australian varanid lizards (Squamata; Varanidae; Varanus)
• A central role for venom in predation by Varanus komodoensis (Komodo Dragon) and the extinct giant Varanus ( Megalania) priscus
• Higher than predicted endurance for juvenile goannas (Varanidae; Varanus)
• Is body shape of varanid lizards linked with retreat choice?
• Why go bipedal? Locomotion and morphology in Australian agamid lizards
• Pushing versus pulling: Division of labour between tarsal attachment pads in cockroaches
• Visual acuity of the sheet-web building spider Badumna insignis (Araneae, Desidae)
• Kinematics, maximal metabolic rate, sprint and endurance for a slow-moving lizard, the thorny devil (Moloch horridus)
• Scaling of fibre area and fibre glycogen concentration in the hindlimb musculature of monitor lizards: implications for locomotor performance with increasing body size
• Understanding Australia’s unique hopping species: a comparative review of the musculoskeletal system and locomotor biomechanics in Macropodoidea
• Exploring the limits to turning performance with size and shape variation in dogs
• Classifying relationships that define interactions between native and invasive species in Australian ecosystems
• Resting disparity in quoll semelparity: examining the sex-linked behaviours of wild roaming northern quolls ( Dasyurus hallucatus ) during breeding season
• Multilevel dynamic adjustments of geckos ( Hemidactylus frenatus ) climbing vertically: head-up versus head-down
• How scaling approaches can reveal fundamental principles in physiology and biomechanics
• Influence of internal muscle properties on muscle shape change and gearing in the human gastrocnemii
• Comparative analysis of behavioural repertoires for Mahogany glider and Brushtail possum using accelerometer loggers and machine learning algorithms
• The influence of claw morphology on gripping efficiency
• Dynamic similarity and the peculiar allometry of maximum running speed