Comparing Dirichlet normal surface energy of tooth crowns, a new technique of molar shape quantification for dietary inference, with previous methods in isolation and in combination

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 247-261

  Bunn, Jonathan M ^a   Boyer, Doug M ^a,b   Lipman, Yaron ^c   St Clair, Elizabeth M ^a   Jernvall, Jukka ^a,d   Daubechies, Ingrid ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

dental topography; orientation patch count; primates; relief index; shearing quotient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIRICHLET NORMAL ENERGY; FOLIVORE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUGIVORE; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; RELIEF INDEX; TAXON; TOOTH ARCH; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH SIZE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; DIET; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MOLAR; STREPSIRHINI; TOOTH CROWN; TOOTH WEAR; TUPAIA; X-RAY MICROTOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 79956218110     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21489     Document Type: Article

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