Ontogenetic changes in limb bone structural proportions in mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 693-703

  Ruff, Christopher B ^a   Burgess, M Loring ^a   Bromage, Timothy G ^b   Mudakikwa, Antoine ^c   McFarlin, Shannon C ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Department of Tourism and Conservation ^*  (Rwanda)

^d THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diaphyseal strength; Locomotion

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BONE; LOCOMOTION; ONTOGENY; PRIMATE;

GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI; GORILLA GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINOIDEA; HOMO;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BONES OF THE ARM AND HAND; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAPHYSEAL STRENGTH; DIAPHYSIS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GORILLA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LEG; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RWANDA;

DIAPHYSEAL STRENGTH; LOCOMOTION;

ANIMALS; ARM BONES; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIAPHYSES; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; LEG BONES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RWANDA;

EID: 84887612508     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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