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Scansorial Adaptations

Scansorial Adaptations is a biological trait complex characterized by morphological, physiological, or behavioral features that enable or enhance an organism's ability to climb and move efficiently in arboreal or vertically complex environments.

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Publications

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The morphological basis of weight-bearing in the scansors of the tokay gecko (Reptilia: Sauria)

Anthony P. Russell · Canadian Journal of Zoology · 1986 · 106 citations

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The scansorial foot of the woodpeckers, with comments on the evolution of perching and climbing feet in birds

Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 1959 · 54 citations

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A New Species of Pengornithidae (Aves: Enantiornithes) from the Lower Cretaceous of China Suggests a Specialized Scansorial Habitat Previously Unknown in Early Birds

Han Hu, Jingmai K. O’Connor, Zhonghe Zhou · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 53 citations · Full text

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The scansorial foot of the woodpeckers, with comments on the evolution of perching and climbing feet in birds. American Museum novitates ; no. 1931

Walter J. Bock, Waldron DeWitt. Miller · Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution) · 1959 · 51 citations

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Positional Behavior and Limb Bone Adaptations in Red Howling Monkeys (Alouatta seniculus)

Miguel A. Schön Ybarra, Miguel A. Schön · Folia Primatologica · 1987 · 49 citations

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Authors

53

  1. AP
    Anthony P. Russell

    University of Calgary, Canada

    2 publications · 150 citations

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  2. RJ
    Robert J. Raikow

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    2 publications · 37 citations

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  3. AM
    Aaron M. Bauer

    Villanova University, United States

    2 publications · 69 citations

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  4. JK
    Jingmai K. O’Connor

    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China

    2 publications · 100 citations

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  5. ZZ
    Zhonghe Zhou

    Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, China

    2 publications · 100 citations

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Institutions

41

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    300 citations

  2. Villanova University

    Radnor, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    69 citations

  3. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    300 citations

  4. Natural History Museum

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    85 citations

  5. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  6. Royal Ontario Museum

    Toronto, Canada

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    15 citations

  8. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas

    Buenos Aires, Argentina

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

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Venues

  1. Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution)

    Repository · 2 publications · 92 citations

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  2. Folia Primatologica

    1 publications · 49 citations

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  3. Ornithological Applications

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  4. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  5. Canadian Journal of Zoology

    1 publications · 106 citations

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