Insights from stable light isotopes on enamel defects and weaning in Pliocene herbivores

Journal of Biosciences

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 765-773

  Franz Odendaal, Tamara A ^a,b   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^a   Chinsamy, Anusuya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Early Pliocene; Enamel hypoplasia; Langebaanweg; Stable isotopes; Weaning behaviour

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN 18;

ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HERBIVORE; PALEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOOTH; WEANING;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ENAMEL HYPOPLASIA; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HERBIVORY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; STRESS; TOOTH MALFORMATION; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; ARTIODACTYLA; GIRAFFIDAE; SIVATHERIUM HENDEYI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346243913     PISSN: 02505991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02708437     Document Type: Article

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