Evidence at hand: Diversity, functional implications, and locomotor prediction in intrinsic hand proportions of diprotodontian marsupials

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1469-1485

  Weisbecker, Vera ^a   Warton, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreal; Autopodial; Diprotodontia; Manus; Phalangeal index; Terrestrial

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FORELIMB; LOCOMOTION; MARSUPIALIA;

DIPROTODONTIA; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 33845625179     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10495     Document Type: Article

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