Tail growth tracks the ontogeny of prehensile tail use in capuchin monkeys (Cebus albifrons and C. apella)

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 465-473

  Russo, Gabrielle A ^a   Young, Jesse W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Northeast Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

bending strength; growth; tails

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CEBUS ALBIFRONS; CEBUS APELLA; HAPLORHINI; LOCOMOTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; PRIMATE; RADIOGRAPHY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TAIL; TAIL SUSPENSION; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CEBUS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SPINE; TAIL;

EID: 80054092746     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21617     Document Type: Article

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