Seasonal Mortality Patterns in Primates: Implications for the Interpretation of Dental Microwear

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-19

  Gogarten, Jan F ^a   Grine, Frederick E ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fallback foods; Microwear; Mortality; Paleontology; Seasonality; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; ELEPHANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIMATE; SEASON; TOOTH DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; ARTIODACTYLA; ELEPHANTS; FOOD HABITS; MORTALITY; PALEODONTOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIMATES; SEASONS; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 84874200293     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: 15206505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/evan.21338     Document Type: Article

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