The relationship between locomotor behavior and limb morphology in brown (Cebus apella) and weeper (Cebus olivaceus) capuchins

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 69, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 736-756

  Wright, Kristin A ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Capuchins; Cebus apella; Cebus olivaceus; Foraging strategy; Locomotor behavior; Postcranial morphology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIMB; MORPHOLOGY; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CEBIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CEBUS; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYLOGENY;

GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACENTROGOBIUS CAUERENSIS; CEBIDAE; CEBUS; CEBUS APELLA; CEBUS OLIVACEUS;

EID: 34547108342     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20391     Document Type: Article

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