Motion from the past. A new method to infer vestibular capacities of extinct species;Mouvements anciens. Une nouvelle méthode permettant de déduire les capacités vestibulaires d'espèces éteintes

Comptes Rendus - Palevol

Volumn 9, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 397-410

  David, Romain ^a,b   Droulez, Jacques ^b   Allain, Ronan ^a   Berthoz, Alain ^b   Janvier, Philippe ^a   Bennequin, Daniel ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b l'alimentation et l'Environnement   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Central streamline; Functional structure; Geometric morphometry; Locomotion; Semicircular canal; Total response

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA SET; EXTINCTION; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78649442172     PISSN: 16310683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crpv.2010.07.012     Document Type: Article

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