Estimation of African apes' body size from postcranial dimensions

Primates

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-220

  Niskanen, Markku ^a   Junno, Juho Antti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

African apes; Body size estimation; Chimpanzees; Gorillas; Postcranial size; Trunk volume

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CRANIUM; ESTIMATION METHOD; PRIMATE;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; BONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GORILLA; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PAN TROGLODYTES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; PAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PAN TROGLODYTES TROGLODYTES;

EID: 67650599161     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-009-0131-8     Document Type: Article

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