Footfall patterns, stride length and speed of vertical climbing in spider monkeys (Ateles fusciceps robustus) and woolly monkeys (Lagothrix lagotricha)

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 133-149

  Isler, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atelines; Gait parameters; Kinematics; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; BODY WEIGHT; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GAIT; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CEBIDAE; GAIT; LINEAR MODELS; LOCOMOTION; POSTURE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAIL; VIDEO RECORDING;

ARANEAE; ATELES; ATELES FUSCICEPS ROBUSTUS; ATELES SP.; LAGOTHRIX; LAGOTHRIX LAGOTRICHA; PRIMATES;

EID: 3242781054     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000078303     Document Type: Review

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