Aspects of vertical climbing in gorillas

CFS Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg

Volumn , Issue 243, 2003, Pages 71-77

  Isler, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gait patterns; Gorilla gorilla gorilla; Kinematics; Locomotion; Vertical climbing

Indexed keywords

LOCOMOTION; PRIMATE;

ALOCASIA MACRORRHIZOS; ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECOIDEA; GORILLA GORILLA; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO; PRIMATES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242578500     PISSN: 03414116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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