Ecological divergence and talar morphology in gorillas

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 526-541

  Dunn, Rachel H ^a   Tocheri, Matthew W ^b,c   Orr, Caley M ^d   Jungers, William L ^e  

^a DES MOINES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIDWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

arboreality; foot; talus; tarsals; terrestriality

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CLIMBING; ECOLOGICAL GENETICS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FOOT; GORILLA; HABITAT; JOINT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; SHEAR STRESS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TALUS; TAXONOMY;

ARBOREALITY; FOOT; TALUS; TARSALS; TERRESTRIALITY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALCANEUS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; MALE; TALUS;

EID: 84895922036     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22451     Document Type: Article

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