Locomotor diversity has meant many different things depending on the subject area or
investigator. While no concrete definition of locomotor diversity is currently available, this …

The discontinuity of the canopy habitat is one of the principle differences between the
terrestrial and arboreal environments. An animal's ability to cross gaps—to move from one …

Vertebrates employ an impressive range of strategies for coordinating their limb movements
while walking. Although this gait variation has been quantified and hypotheses for its origins …

Arboreal locomotion has mainly been looked at to date in the context of investigations into
the specialization of primates and other 'arboreally adapted'animals. The feat of moving on …

Arboreal environments require overcoming navigational challenges not typically
encountered in other terrestrial habitats. Supports are unevenly distributed and vary in …

During quadrupedal walking, most primates utilize diagonal-sequence diagonal-couplet
gaits, large limb excursions and hindlimb-biased limb loading. These gait characteristics are …

Arboreal supports impose a set of locomotor challenges not typically encountered in other
terrestrial ecosystems. Because all arboreal animals must negotiate this common set of …

Locomotor features shared by arboreal marsupials and primates are frequently cited as a
functional complex that evolved in the context of a “fine branch niche.” Adaptation to a fine …

Research on primate origins has revolved around arboreality and, more specifically, the
adaptations that are linked to safe navigation in the fine-branch niche. To this end, extant …

Locomotion is precarious in an arboreal habitat, where supports can vary in both diameter
and level of compliance. Several previous studies have evaluated the influence of substrate …