Contact

E-mail
pauline.costes [at] mnhn.fr

Presentation

 Titre de la thèse : Ethologie morpho-fonctionnelle de la trompe des éléphants : de la biologie vers la robotique »

Co-encadrant(e(s Emmanuelle Pouydebat, MECADEV & Raphäel Cornette ISYEB.

Publications

2024
  • Costes Pauline, Delapré Arnaud, Houssin Céline, Mulot Baptiste, Pouydebat Emmanuelle & Cornette Raphaël, 2024 — Maximum trunk tip force assessment related to trunk position and prehensile ’fingers’ implication in African savannah elephants. African elephants have a wide range of abilities using their trunk. As a muscular hydrostat, and thanks to the two finger-like… PLOS ONE vol. 19, n° 5, e0301529
    ISSN
    1932-6203
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301529
  • Costes Pauline, Soppelsa Julie, Houssin Céline, Boulinguez-Ambroise Grégoire, Pacou Camille, Gouat Patrick, Cornette Raphaël & Pouydebat Emmanuelle, 2024 — Effect of the habitat and tusks on trunk grasping techniques in African savannah elephants. Abstract Among tetrapods, grasping is an essential function involved in many vital behaviours. The selective pressures that… Ecology and Evolution vol. 14, n° 4, e11317
    ISSN
    2045-7758, 2045-7758
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11317
2022
  • Costes Pauline, Klein Estelle, Delapré Arnaud, Houssin Céline, Nicolas Violaine & Cornette Raphaël, 2022 — Comparative morphofunctional analysis of the humerus and ulna in three Western European moles species of the genus Talpa , including the newly described T. aquitania. Journal of Anatomy vol. 242, n° 2, p. 257-276
    ISSN
    0021-8782, 1469-7580
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13772
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