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selected publications
Young MW, Dickinson E, Flaim ND, Granatosky MC. (2022). Overcoming a “forbidden phenotype”: The parrot’s head supports, propels, and powers tripedal locomotion. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 289(1975).
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Young MW, McKamy AJ, Dickinson E, Yarbro J, Ragupathi A, Guru N, Mossor AM, Avey-Arroyo JA, Butcher MT, Granatosky MC, Butcher MT. (2023). Three toes, three modes: Dynamics of crawling, suspension, and vertical climbing in the Brown-throated sloth (Bradypus variegatus). Journal of Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 339(4), 383–397.
Dickinson E, Young MW, DeLeon D, Bas B, Zou B, Ratkiewicz A, Beatty BL, Granatosky MC. (2023). Tail feather strength in climbing birds is achieved through geometric, not material changes. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 290(1998).
Dickinson E, Young MW, Granatosky MC. (2024). Beakiation: how a novel parrot gait expands the locomotor repertoire of living birds. Journal of the Royal Society Open Science. 11(1).
Young MW, Dickinson E, Gustafson JA, Granatosky MC (2024). Center of mass position does not drive energetic costs during climbing. Journal of Experimental Biology. 227(8).
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Dickinson E, Young MW, Hirschkorn G, McKinney J, Dimartino A, Deutsch M, Welser K, Granatosky MC. (2025). Ecomorphological Correlates of Grasping Forces in Strepsirrhine Primates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 292(2039).
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