Seasonal variation in body mass and locomotor kinetics of the fat-tailed dwarf lemur (Cheirogaleus medius)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 260, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-71

  Lemelin, Pierre ^a   Schmitt, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Cheirogaleidae; Force; Forelimb; Hindlimb; Kinetics; Primates; Tail

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; HISTOLOGY; KINETICS; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSIMIAN; SEASON; TAIL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHEIROGALEIDAE; EVOLUTION; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; SEASONS; TAIL; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT-BEARING;

CHEIROGALEIDAE; CHEIROGALEUS; CHEIROGALEUS MEDIUS; DINOSAURIA; LEMUR; PRIMATES; STREPSIRHINI; TETRAPODA;

EID: 1842635136     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10214     Document Type: Article

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