Hand and body position during locomotor behavior in the aye-aye (Daubentonia madagascariensis)

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 105-118

  Krakauer, Elissa ^a   Lemelin, Pierre ^a   Schmitt, Daniel ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aye aye; Daubentonia madagascariensis; Hand; Locomotion; Positional behavior

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; LOCOMOTION; POSTURE; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HAND; HAND INJURY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; TREE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HAND; HAND INJURIES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; POSTURE; STREPSIRHINI; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TREES;

DAUBENTONIA; DAUBENTONIA MADAGASCARIENSIS; DAUBENTONIIDAE; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036063578     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.10038     Document Type: Article

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