Stability, limb coordination and substrate type: The ecorelevance of gait sequence pattern in primates

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 953-963

  Stevens, Nancy Jeanne ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ECOSYSTEM; FORELIMB; GAIT; HINDLIMB; LOCOMOTION; PRIMATES;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 33751006975     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.336     Document Type: Article

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