Tooth wear in captive wild ruminant species differs from that of free-ranging conspecifics

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 425-437

  Kaiser, Thomas M ^a   Brasch, Juliane ^b   Castell, Johanna C ^c   Schulz, Ellen ^a   Clauss, Marcus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d VETSUISSE FACULTY UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Browse; Browser; Grazer; Nutrition; Tooth wear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BROWSING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CAPTIVITY; FORAGE; GRAZING; HABITAT TYPE; HERBIVORE; LONGEVITY; RUMINANT; TOOTH;

ANIMALIA; BOVIDAE; GIRAFFIDAE; POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 72049098915     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2008.09.003     Document Type: Article

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