First evidence on foot preference during locomotion in Old World monkeys: A study of quadrupedal and bipedal actions in Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

Primates

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 260-264

  Zhao, Dapeng ^a   Li, Baoguo ^a   Watanabe, Kunio ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipedal shifting; Foot preference; Postural control; Quadrupedal walking; Rhinopithecus roxellana

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; HANDEDNESS; LOCOMOTION; POSTURE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOT; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; LOCOMOTION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; FOOT; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LOCOMOTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SHAANXI; ZHOUZHI NATURE RESERVE;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 54949142474     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-008-0096-z     Document Type: Article

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