Are long digits correlated with high forepaw dexterity? A comparative test in terrestrial carnivores (Carnivora)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 900-906

  Iwaniuk, A N ^a   Pellis, S M ^a   Whishaw, I Q ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIPED LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY;

FOREPAW DEXTERITY; LONG DIGITS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CARNIVORE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY;

CARNIVORA;

EID: 0034884289     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z01-058     Document Type: Article

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