Nanoindentation of lemur enamel: An ecological investigation of mechanical property variations within and between sympatric species

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 178-190

  Campbell, Sara E ^a   Cuozzo, Frank P ^b   Sauther, Michelle L ^c   Sponheimer, Matt ^c   Ferguson, Virginia L ^a  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Beza Mahafaly; dental ecology; Lemur catta; nanomechanical

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENAMEL; HUMAN; LEMURIDAE; NONHUMAN; PRISM; SYMPATRY; TAMARIND; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIOMECHANICS; DENTAL ENAMEL; ECOLOGY; HUMANS; LEMUR; MADAGASCAR; MOLAR; PRIMATES; TOOTH CALCIFICATION; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 84861324204     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21582     Document Type: Conference Paper

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