Gait parameters in vertical climbing of captive, rehabilitant and wild Sumatran orang-utans (Pongo pygmaeus abelii)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 206, Issue 22, 2003, Pages 4081-4096

  Isler, Karin ^a   Thorpe, Susannah K S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Animal locomotion; Kinematics; Orang utans; Pongo pygmaeus abelii; Primates; Spatio temporal gait parameters; Vertical climbing

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; INDONESIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; VIDEORECORDING;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; FEMALE; GAIT; INDONESIA; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PONGO PYGMAEUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; ANTHROPOIDEA; HOMINOIDEA; PONGO; PONGO PYGMAEUS ABELII; PRIMATES;

EID: 0344584510     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00651     Document Type: Article

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