Buccal dental microwear variability in extant African Hominoidea: Taxonomy versus ecology

Primates

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 221-230

  Galbany, Jordi ^a,b   Estebaranz, Ferran ^b   Martínez, Laura M ^b   Pérez Pérez, Alejandro ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dental microwear; Gorilla gorilla; Pan troglodytes; SEM

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAXONOMY; TOOTH;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENAMEL; GORILLA; HISTOLOGY; PAN TROGLODYTES; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOOTH; TOOTH DISEASE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENTAL ENAMEL; GORILLA GORILLA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PAN TROGLODYTES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH; TOOTH ATTRITION;

GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HOMINOIDEA; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRIMATES;

EID: 67650578628     PISSN: 00328332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10329-009-0139-0     Document Type: Article

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