...Evelyn Virens; Alison Cree ABSTRACT Thermochron iButtons are commonly used by thermal biologists to continuously measure body temperature from animals. However, if unmodified, these devices are of a size that limits their use with very small animals. To allow iButtons to be used to study smaller...

... 2013 © 2014. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd 2014 3D reaction force Miniature force plate Triaxial force measurement Insect biomechanics Small animal Ground reaction forces represent the ‘footprint’ of the dynamics of legged locomotion. Depending on the force range...

... be monitored on a global scale. However, only large animals (greater than ∼300 g) currently can be followed globally because of power and size constraints on the tracking devices. And yet the vast majority of animals is small. Tracking small animals is important because they are often part of evolutionary...