Body size and scaling of the hands and feet of prosimian primates

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 828-840

  Lemelin, Pierre ^a   Jungers, William L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Body mass; Cheiridia; Galagos; Lemurs; Lorises; Strepsirrhines; Tarsiers

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTAL PHALANX; FOOT; HAND; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROSIMIAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TARSIER;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; EVOLUTION; FOOT; HAND; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34249046032     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20586     Document Type: Article

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