The energetic cost of climbing in primates.
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Hanna, JB; Schmitt, D; Griffin, TM
Published in: Science (New York, N.Y.)
May 2008
Primates are exceptional among mammals for their climbing abilities and arboreal lifestyles. Here we show that small primates (less than 0.5 kilogram) consume the same amount of mass-specific energy (COTTOT) whether climbing or walking a given distance. COTTOT decreases with increasing body size for walking but does not change for climbing. This divergence of COTTOT is likely due to fundamental differences in the biomechanical determinants of the costs of climbing versus walking. These results have important implications for understanding the origins of primates, suggesting that small early primates may have been able to move into a novel arboreal niche without increasing metabolic costs.
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Science (New York, N.Y.)
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1095-9203
ISSN
0036-8075
Publication Date
May 2008
Volume
320
Issue
5878
Start / End Page
898
Related Subject Headings
- Walking
- Strepsirhini
- Saimiri
- Oxygen Consumption
- Lorisidae
- Locomotion
- General Science & Technology
- Energy Metabolism
- Body Weight
- Body Size
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Hanna, J. B., Schmitt, D., & Griffin, T. M. (2008). The energetic cost of climbing in primates. Science (New York, N.Y.), 320(5878), 898. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1155504
Hanna, Jandy B., Daniel Schmitt, and Timothy M. Griffin. “The energetic cost of climbing in primates.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 320, no. 5878 (May 2008): 898. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1155504.
Hanna JB, Schmitt D, Griffin TM. The energetic cost of climbing in primates. Science (New York, NY). 2008 May;320(5878):898.
Hanna, Jandy B., et al. “The energetic cost of climbing in primates.” Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 320, no. 5878, May 2008, p. 898. Epmc, doi:10.1126/science.1155504.
Hanna JB, Schmitt D, Griffin TM. The energetic cost of climbing in primates. Science (New York, NY). 2008 May;320(5878):898.
Published In
Science (New York, N.Y.)
DOI
EISSN
1095-9203
ISSN
0036-8075
Publication Date
May 2008
Volume
320
Issue
5878
Start / End Page
898
Related Subject Headings
- Walking
- Strepsirhini
- Saimiri
- Oxygen Consumption
- Lorisidae
- Locomotion
- General Science & Technology
- Energy Metabolism
- Body Weight
- Body Size