Direct Comparisons of 2D and 3D Dental Microwear Proxies in Extant Herbivorous and Carnivorous Mammals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  DeSantis, Larisa R G ^a   Scott, Jessica R ^b   Schubert, Blaine W ^c   Donohue, Shelly L ^a   McCray, Brian M ^a   Van Stolk, Courtney A ^a   Winburn, Amanda A ^a   Greshko, Michael A ^a   O'Hara, Mackie C ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2D DENTAL MICROWEAR ANALYSIS; 3D DENTAL MICROWEAR ANALYSIS; ACCURACY; AFRICA; ANISOTROPY; ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CARNIVORE; CEPHALOPHUS SYLVICULTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS; DENTAL MICROWEAR TEXTURE ANALYSIS; DENTAL RESEARCH; DIET; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUGIVOROUS BOVIDS; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAGNIFICATION RADIOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSIMULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCRATCH FREQUENCY; SIMULATION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; SYLVICAPRA GRIMMIA;

ANIMALS; CARNIVORY; DIET; HERBIVORY; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAMMALS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PALEODONTOLOGY; RUMINANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TOOTH;

EID: 84881176660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071428     Document Type: Article

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