Age and individual foraging behavior predict tooth wear in Amboseli baboons

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-59

  Galbany, Jordi ^a,b   Altmann, Jeanne ^c,d   Pérez Pérez, Alejandro ^b   Alberts, Susan C ^a,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

aging; feeding behavior; foraging; Papio cynocephalus

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BABOON; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DENTAL HEALTH; DENTURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; LIFE HISTORY; MALE; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PERCENT DENTINE EXPOSURE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TOOTH DISEASE;

AGING; ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; KENYA; MALE; PAPIO CYNOCEPHALUS; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 78650424103     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21368     Document Type: Article

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