Size influences on primate locomotion and body shape, with special emphasis on the locomotion of ‘Small Mammals’

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 66, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 93-112

  Preuschoft, H ^a   Witte, H ^a   Christian, A ^b   Fischer, M ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Body proportions; Functional morphology; Gait; Kinetics; Locomotion; Mass distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY CONSTITUTION; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATES;

EID: 2742594692     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000157188     Document Type: Article

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