Brief communication: Swimming and diving behavior in apes (Pan troglodytes and Pongo pygmaeus): First documented report

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-162

  Bender, Renato ^a,b   Bender, Nicole ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aquatic locomotion; breath control; phylogenetic constraints; water use in primates

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DIVING; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORANG UTAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATE; SWIMMING; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 84883160106     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22338     Document Type: Article

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