Functional morphology of the forelimb of living and extinct tree-kangaroos (Marsupialia: Macropodidae)

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1230-1244

  Warburton, Natalie M ^a,b,c   Harvey, Kathryn J ^b   Prideaux, Gavin J ^c,d   O'Shea, James E ^b  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arboreality; Functional anatomy; Marsupial; Myology

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELBOW; EVOLUTION; FORELIMB; GAIT; HAND BONE; HAND STRENGTH; HISTOLOGY; HUMERUS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LOCOMOTION; MARSUPIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIUS; SCAPULA; SHOULDER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ELBOW JOINT; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FORELIMB; GAIT; HAND BONES; HAND STRENGTH; HUMERUS; LOCOMOTION; MACROPODIDAE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; QUEENSLAND; RADIUS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT;

DENDROLAGUS; DENDROLAGUS LUMHOLTZI; MACROPODIDAE; METATHERIA;

EID: 80052663448     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10979     Document Type: Article

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