Decelerating and sex-dependent tooth wear in Norwegian red deer

Oecologia

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 346-353

  Loe, Leif Egil ^a,b   Mysterud, Atle ^a   Langvatn, Roff ^b   Stenseth, Nils Chr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ageing; Demography; Life history; Mastication; Senescence

Indexed keywords

SENESCENCE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; TOOTH; UNGULATE; WEAR;

NORWAY;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038018655     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1192-9     Document Type: Article

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