Primate locomotion : linking field and laboratory research / Kristiaan D'Août, Evie E. Vereecke, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

D'Août, Kristiaan.

Vereecke, Evie E.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Series:

Developments in primatology

Developments in primatology : progress and prospects

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Primates--Locomotion.

Primates.

Locomotion.

Gait.

Medical Subjects:

Primates.

Locomotion.

Gait.

Physical Description:

xvi, 364 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Springer, [2011]

Contents:

Introduction. Primate locomotion : toward a synergy of laboratory and field research / Evie Estelle Vereecke and Kristiaan D'Août

Translating primate locomotor biomechanical variables from the laboratory to the field / Daniel Schmitt

Studying captive ape locomotion : past, present, and future / Evie E. Vereecke, Kristiaan D'Août, and Peter Aerts

Experimental and computational studies of bipedal locomotion in the bipedally trained Japanese macaque / Naomichi Ogihara, Eishi Hirasaki, and Masato Nakatsukasa

In what manner do quadrupedal primates walk on two legs? : preliminary results on olive baboons (Papio anubis) / Gilles Berillon ... [et al.]

Scapula movements and their contribution to three-dimensional forelimb excursions in quadrupedal primates / Manuela Schmidt and Cornelia Krause

The influence of load carrying on gait parameters in humans and apes : implications for the evolution of human bipedalism / Jo Watson ... [et al.]

Field and experimental approaches to the study of locomotor ontogeny in Propithecus verreauxi / Roshna E. Wunderlich, Richard R. Lawler, and Abigail E. Williams

Comparisons of limb structural properties in free-ranging chimpanzees from Kibale, Gombe, Mahale, and Taï communities / Kristian J. Carlson ... [et al.]

Field study methods for primate locomotor ecology and biomechanics / Mary L. Blanchard and Robin H. Crompton

Gibbon locomotion research in the field : problems, possibilities, and benefits for conservation / Susan M. Cheyne

Posture, ischial tuberosities, and tree zone use in West African cercopithecids / W. Scott McGraw and Paul W. Sciulli

Forelimb suspensory gait characteristics of wild Lagothrix poeppigii and Ateles belzebuth : developing video-based methodologies in free-ranging primates / Denise Guillot

Gait and kinematics of arboreal quadrupedal walking of free-ranging red howlers (Alouatta seniculus) in French Guiana / Dionisios Youlatos and Jean-Pierre Gasc

From treadmill to tropics : calculating ranging cost in chimpanzees / Herman Pontzer, David A. Raichlen, and Michael D. Sockol

Linking field and laboratory approaches for studying primate locomotor responses to support orientation / Nancy J. Stevens, Jonah H. Ratsimbazafy, and Fidy Ralainasolo

Quadrupedal locomotion of Saimiri boliviensis : a comparison of field and laboratory-based kinematic data / Liza J. Shapiro, Jesse W. Young, and Art Souther.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781441914194

1441914196

OCLC:

449853297

Publisher Number:

99941078746