Stabilization and mobility of the head and trunk in wild monkeys during terrestrial and flat-surface walks and gallops

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1027-1042

  Dunbar, Donald C ^a   Badam, Gyani L ^b,e   Hallgrímsson, Benedikt ^c   Vieilledent, Stéphane ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b Deccan College Post Graduate and Research Institute Pune   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^e Government of Chhattisgarh   (India)

Author keywords

Bonnet macaque; Free ranging monkeys; Graviceptors; Hanuman langur; Inertia; Kinematics; Natural locomotion; Reference frames; Segmental stabilization; Sensorimotor control; Spatial orientation; Vestibular apparatus; Vestibulo ocular reflex

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CERCOPITHECIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAIT; HEAD; INDIA; LOCOMOTION; MACACA; ORIENTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; GAIT; HEAD; INDIA; LOCOMOTION; MACACA RADIATA; ORIENTATION; POSTURE;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE; MACACA; MACACA RADIATA; PRESBYTIS ENTELLUS; SEMNOPITHECUS ENTELLUS;

EID: 1642313116     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00863     Document Type: Article

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