The length of the vertebral column of primates: An allometric study

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 57-76

  Majoral, Muntsa ^a   Berge, Christine ^b   Casinos, Adrià ^a   Jouffroy, Françoise Kyou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body mass; Catarrhines; Platyrrhines; Prosimians; Trunk segments; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CEBIDAE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PRIMATE; PROSIMIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINE; VERTEBRA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; CEBIDAE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PRIMATES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINE; STREPSIRHINI; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0642334623     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157233     Document Type: Article

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