Bigger teeth for longer life? Longevity and molar height in two roe deer populations

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 268-270

  Veiberg, Vebjørn ^a,b   Mysterud, Atle ^b   Gaillard, Jean Michel ^c   Delorme, Daniel ^d   Van Laere, Guy ^d   Klein, François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY CENTRE IN SVALBARD   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Capreolus capreolus; Intraspecific variation; Longevity; Molar; Selective browser

Indexed keywords

DEER; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; TOOTH;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; HABITAT QUALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE HISTORY; LONGEVITY; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOOTH DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; ODONTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS;

ANIMALS; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FRANCE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MOLAR; ODONTOMETRY; TOOTH ATTRITION;

EID: 35248868513     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0610     Document Type: Article

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