Audrone Biknevicius, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anatomy

Chair, Department of Biomedical Sciences
biknevic@ohiou.edu
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Horner AM*, Biknevicius AR. In press. Epigean and subterranean locomotion in the domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo; Mustelidae; Carnivora). Zoology.

Reilly SM, Biknevicius, AR, Bennett M, McElroy E*, White T. In press. Abdominal muscle and epipubic bone function during locomotion in Australian possums: insights to basal mammalian conditions and eutherian-like tendencies in Trichosurus. Journal of Morphology

Hancock JA*, Stevens NJ, Biknevicius AR. 2007. Whole body mechanics and kinematics of terrestrial locomotion in the elegant-crested tinamous (Eudromia elegans). Ibis 149: 605-614.

Reilly SM, McElroy EJ*, Biknevicius AR. 2007. Posture, gait and ecological relevance of the locomotor costs and cost-savings in tetrapods. Zoology 110: 271-289.

Friscia AR*, Van Valkenburgh B, Biknevicius AR. 2007. An ecomorphological analysis of extant small carnivorans. Journal of Zoology, London 272: 82-100.

Biknevicius, AR, Reilly, SM. 2006. Correlation of symmetrical gaits and whole body mechanics: Debunking myths in locomotor biodynamics. Journal of Experimental Zoology 305A: 923-934.

Lammers AR*, Earls KD, Biknevicius AR. 2006. Locomotor kinetics and kinematics on inclines and declines in the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica). Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 4154-4166.

Biknevicius AR, Mullineaux DR, Clayton HM. 2006. Locomotor mechanics of the tölt in Icelandic horses. American Journal of Veterinary Research 67: 1505-1510.

Reilly SM, Willey JS*, Biknevicius AR, Blob RW. 2005. Locomotor dynamics in a semi-erect posture: Integrating movements, motor patterns, forces and bone strains of hindlimb locomotion in the alligator. Journal of Experimental Biology 208: 993-1009.

Biknevicius AR, Mullineaux DR, Clayton HM. 2004. Ground reaction forces and limb function in tölting Icelandic horses. Equine Veterinary Journal 36: 743-747.

Lammers AR*, Biknevicius AR. 2004. Biodynamics of arboreal locomotion: The effects of substrate diameter on locomotor kinetics in the gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica). Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 4325-4336.

Willey JS*, Biknevicius AR, Reilly SM, Earls KD. 2004. The tale of the tail: Limb function and locomotor mechanics in Alligator mississippiensis. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 553-563.

Parchmann AJ*, Reilly SM, Biknevicius AR. 2003. Whole-body mechanics and gaits in the gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica: Kinetic and kinematic patterns of locomotion in a semi-erect mammal. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 1379-1388.

Thompson EN*, Biknevicius AR, German RZ. 2003. Ontogeny of feeding function in the short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica: Empirical support for the constrained model of jaw biomechanics. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 923-932.

Reilly SM, Biknevicius AR. 2003. Integrating kinetic and kinematics approaches to the analysis of terrestrial locomotion. In: Vertebrate Biomechanics and Evolution (ed. Bells VL, Gasc JP, Casinos A), pp. 243-265. BIOS Scientific Publishers Ltd., Oxford.

Polk JD*, Demes B, Jungers WL, Biknevicius AR, Heinrich RE, Runstead JA. 2000. A comparison of primate, carnivoran and rodent limb bone cross-sectional properties: Are primates really unique? Journal of Human Evolution 39:297-326.

Biknevicius AR. 1999. Body mass estimation in armoured mammals: Cautions and encouragements for the use of parameters from the appendicular skeleton. Journal of Zoology, London 248: 179-187.

Heinrich RE, Biknevicius AR. 1998. Humeral and femoral allometry in mustelid carnivorans: Effects of relative limb length on scaling patterns. Journal of Morphology 236: 121-134.

Biknevicius AR, Leigh SR. 1997. Patterns of growth of the mandibular corpus in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) and cougars (Puma concolor). Zoological Journal of the. Linnean Society 120: 139-161.

Biknevicius AR. 1996. Functional discrimination of the masticatory apparatus in cougar (Puma concolor) and spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) juveniles and adults. Canadian Journal of Zoology 74: 1934-1942.

Biknevicius AR, Van Valkenburgh B.1996. Design for killing: Craniodental adaptations of predators. In: Carnivore Behavior, Ecology, and Evolution, Volume 2 (ed. Gittleman JL), pp. 393-428. Cornell University Press, Ithaca.

Biknevicius AR, Van Valkenburgh B, Walker J. 1996. Incisor size and shape: Implications for feeding behaviors in saber-toothed “cats”. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16: 510-521.

Demes B, Larson S, Stern, Jr. JT, Jungers WL, Biknevicius AR, Schmitt D. 1994. The kinetics of primate quadrupedalism: “Hind limb drive” reconsidered. Journal of Human Evolution 26: 353-374.

Biknevicius AR, MacPhee RDE, McFarlane DA. 1993. Body size in Amblyrhiza inundata (Rodentia; Caviomorpha) an extinct megafaunal rodent of the Anguilla Bank, West Indies: Estimates and implications. American Museum Novitates 3079: 1-25.

Biknevicius AR. 1993. Biomechanical scaling of limb bones and differential limb use in caviomorph rodents. Journal of Mammalogy 74: 95-107.

Biknevicius AR, Ruff CB. 1992. Structure of the mandibular corpus and its relationship to feeding behaviors in extant carnivorans. Journal of Zoology, London, 228: 478-507.

Biknevicius AR, Ruff CB. 1992. Use of biplanar radiographs for estimating cross-sectional geometric properties of mandibles. Anatomical Record 232: 157-163.

Fuller TK, Biknevicius AR, Kat PW. 1990. Movements and behavior of large spotted genets (Genetta maculata Gray 1830) near Elmenteita, Kenya (Mammalia, Viverridae). Tropical Zoology, 3: 13-19.

Fuller TK, Biknevicius AR, Kat PW, Van Valkenburgh B, Wayne RK. 1989. The ecology of three sympatric jackal species in the Rift Valley of Kenya. African Journal of Ecology, 27: 313-323.

Fuller TK, Biknevicius AR, Kat PW. 1988. Home range of an African wild cat near Elmenteita, Kenya. Z. Saugeteirkunde, 53: 380-381.

Biknevicius AR. 1986. Dental function and diet in the Carpolestidae (Primates; Plesiadapiformes). American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 71: 157-171.

   
   
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