The inter-relationship between dietary and environmental properties and tooth wear: Comparisons of mesowear, molar wear rate, and hypsodonty index of extant sika deer populations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kubo, Mugino Ozaki ^a   Yamada, Eisuke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE TRACT PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTANT SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAZING; HYPSODONTY INDEX; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOLAR WEAR RATE; MOUTH EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIKA DEER; SKULL; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH MESOWEAR;

EID: 84897127103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090745     Document Type: Article

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