Substrate determines asymmetrical gait dynamics in marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) and squirrel monkeys (Saimiri boliviensis)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 403-420

  Young, Jesse W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Arboreal stability; Kinematics; Kinetics; Locomotion; Ontogeny

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CLIMBING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; SQUIRREL MONKEY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY SIZE; CALLITHRIX; GAIT; SAIMIRI; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63449084234     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20953     Document Type: Article

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