What is dental ecology?

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-170

  Cuozzo, Frank P ^a   Sauther, Michelle L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

dental health; lemurs; paleoecology; primate; tooth wear

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GALAGIDAE; HABITAT; LEMURIDAE; LITERATURE; MADAGASCAR; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PERIODONTAL DISEASE; TOOTH DEVELOPMENT; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GALAGO; LEMUR; PALEODONTOLOGY; TOOTH; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 84861328195     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21656     Document Type: Conference Paper

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