Postcranial adaptations for leaping in primates

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 251, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-103

  Connour, Jacqueline Runestad ^a   Glander, Kenneth ^b   Vincent, François ^c  

^a WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

Author keywords

Body size; Leaping behaviour; Primates; Skeleton

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE;

PITHECIA PITHECIA;

EID: 0034193008     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836900005100     Document Type: Article

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