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Based on the symposium of the 2008 Meeting of the International Primatological Society in Edinburgh, this book uniquely considers primate locomotion from the combined perspectives of both laboratory-based and field-based researchers.
Foreword
Tuttle RH
Chapter 1: Introduction: Primate locomotion towards a synergy of laboratory and field research.
Vereecke AA& DAoût K
Chapter 2: Translating primate locomotor biomechanical variables from the laboratory to the field.
Schmitt D
Chapter 3: Studying captive ape locomotion: past, present and future.
Vereecke EE, DAoût K& Aerts P
Chapter 4: Experimental and computational studies of bipedal locomotion in the bipedally-trained Japanese macaque.
Ogihara N, Hirasaki E& Nakatsukasa M
Chapter 5: In what manner do quadrupedal primates walk on two legs? Preliminary results on Olive Baboons (Papio anubis).
Berillon G, DAoût K, Daver G, Dubreuil G, Multon F, Nicolas G& de la Villetanet B
Chapter 6: Scapula movements and their contribution to three-dimensional forelimb excursions in quadruped primates.
Schmidt M& Krause C
Chapter 7: The influence of load carrying on gait parameters in humans and apes: implications for the evolution of human bipedalism.
Watson J, Payne R, Chamberlain A, Jones R& Sellers W
Chapter 8: Field and experimental approaches to the study of locomotor ontogeny inPropithecus verreauxi.
Wunderlich RE, Lawler RR& Williams AE
Chapter 9: Comparisons of limb structural properties in free-ranging chimpanzees from Kibale, Gombe, Mahale, and Taï communities.
Carlson KJ, Wrangham RW, Muller MN, Sumner DR, Morbeck ME, Nishida T, Yamanaka A& Boesch C
Chapter 10: Field study methods for primate locomotion.
Blanchard M, Sellers WI& Crompton RH
Chapter 11: Gibbon locomotion research in the field problems, possibilities and benefits for conservation.
Cheyne SM
Chapter 12: Posture, ischial tuberosities and tree zone use is West African cercopithecids
McGraw& Sciulli PW.
Chapter 13: Forelimb suspensory gait characteristics of wildLagothrix poeppigii andAteles belzebuth: developing video based methodologies in free-ranging primates.
Guillot DM
Chapter 14: Gait and kinematics of arboreal quadrupedal walk of free-ranging red howlers (Alouatta seniculus) in French Guiana.
Youlatos D& Gasc J-P
Chapter 15: Fromtreadmill to tropics: calculating ranging cost in chimpanzees.
Pontzer H, Raichlen DA& Sockol MD
Chapter 16: Linking field and laboratory approaches for studying primate locomotor responses to support orientation.
Stevens NJ, Ratsimbazafy JH& Ralainasolo F
Chapter 17: Quadrupedal locomotion ofSaimiri boliviensis: a comparison of field and lab-based kinematic data.
Shapiro LJ, Young JW& Souther A