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Schmidt, A., Fischer, M.S. 2011 The kinematic consequences of locomotion on sloped arboreal substrates in a generalized (Rattus norvegicus) and a specialized (Sciurus vulgaris) rodent. J.exp.biol. 214: 2544-2559.
Schmidt, A. (2011). Functional differentiation of the trailing and leading forelimbs during terrestrial and arboreal locomotion in the European Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris, Rodentia). Zoology 114, 155-164.
Fischer, M.S., Krause, C., Lilje, K.E. 2010 Evolution of chameleon locomotion, or how to become arboreal as a reptile. Zoology 113: 67-74.
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Nyakatura, J.A., Fischer, M.S. 2010 Functional morphology and three-dimensional kinematics of the thoraco-lumbar region of the spine of the two-toed sloth. J.exp.Biol. 213: 4278-4290.
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