Tracking dietary transitions in weanling baboons (Papio hamadryas anubis) using strontium/calcium ratios in enamel

Folia Primatologica

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 197-212

  Humphrey, Louise T ^a   Dirks, Wendy ^c   Dean, M Christopher ^b   Jeffries, Teresa E ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Baboon; Calcium; Diet; Enamel; Laser ablation; Life history; Papio hamadryas anubis; Strontium; Weaning

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; STRONTIUM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DIET; ENAMEL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; WEANING;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; STRONTIUM; TIME FACTORS; TOOTH, DECIDUOUS; WEANING;

PAPIO; PAPIO ANUBIS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS;

EID: 44449142652     PISSN: 00155713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113457     Document Type: Article

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