Applying tribology to teeth of hoofed mammals

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Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 162-182

  Schulz, Ellen ^a   Calandra, Ivan ^a   Kaiser, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Connochaetes; dental microtexture; diet; Equus

Indexed keywords

BELONG TO; CONNOCHAETES; DENTAL WEAR; DIET; EAST AFRICANS; EQUUS; FOOD COMPONENTS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; MICRO-TEXTURE; SURFACE TEXTURES; TAXONOMIC UNITS;

ENAMELS; NUTRITION; TEXTURES;

MAMMALS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; DIGESTION; ENAMEL; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; HABITAT; HERB; HOOF AND CLAW; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TOOTH; ZEBRA FISH;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; EQUIDAE; FRICTION; RUMINANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOOTH; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 78349256646     PISSN: 01610457     EISSN: 19328745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sca.20181     Document Type: Article

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