The trade-off between tooth strength and tooth penetration: Predicting optimal shape of canine teeth

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 273-280

  Freeman, P W ^a   Lemen, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimal canine shape; Tooth penetration; Tooth sharpness; Tooth strength; Vertebrate teeth

Indexed keywords

DEER; EVOLUTION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; PIG; PREDATION; SHAPE; SIZE EFFECT; TOOTH;

CERVIDAE; FELIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 35348938180     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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