Dental enamel hypoplasia as indicators of seasonal environmental and physiological impacts in modern sheep populations: A model for interpreting the zooarchaeological record

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 287, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 259-268

  Upex, B ^a   Dobney, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enamel hypoplasia; Environmental impacts; Seasonality; Sheep

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENAMEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MALNUTRITION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SHEEP; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84864035804     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2012.00912.x     Document Type: Article

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