A comparison of observed molar wear rates in extant herbivorous mammals

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 51, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 188-200

  Damuth, John ^a   Janis, Christine M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GRASS; GRAZING; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; NEW RECORD; TOOTH; WEAR;

EID: 84897460331     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.051.0219     Document Type: Article

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