Primate Locomotion

• ForewordTuttle RH Chapter 1: Introduction: Primate locomotion – towards a synergy of laboratory and field research.Vereecke AA & D’Août 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, D’Août 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, D’Août 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 WChapter 8: Field and experimental approaches to the study of locomotor ontogeny in Propithecus 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 cercopithecidsMcGraw  & Sciulli PW. Chapter 13: Forelimb suspensory gait characteristics of wild Lagothrix poeppigii and Ateles 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 of Saimiri boliviensis: a comparison of field and lab-based kinematic data.Shapiro LJ, Young JW & Souther A

From the reviews: "As the subtitle indicates, the contributions in this book aim to synthesize field and laboratory studies. The editors have compiled 17 chapters ... by 45 contributors that cover a wide variety of topics related to locomotor behavior. ... Figure quality, including some color illustrations, throughout the book is quite good ... . Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals in primatology, biological anthropology, and zoology." (E. J. Sargis, Choice, Vol. 48 (10), June, 2011) "This new volume amply illustrates both the complex nature of research into primate locomotion and the ways such scholarship is developing today. ... provides a clear, wide-ranging summary of current research into primate locomotion. For readers interested in the subject or with an interest in the future of primatology, it is an excellent resource. ... There are extensive bibliographies ... which provide routes into the literature, and the variety of example species and settings used means there may well be 'something for everyone'." (Isabelle Winder, Primate Eye, February, 2012) "This new volume contains 16 research and review articles on nonhuman primate locomotion. ... This collection of papers demonstrates that both laboratory and field research complement each other, and that both are relevant to comprehensively understand primate locomotor biology and its evolution. Future research in this and similar fields will benefit from the continued interdisciplinary approaches demonstrated in this edited volume." (Biren A. Patel, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 87 (2), June, 2012)