Similar associations of tooth microwear and morphology indicate similar diet across marsupial and placental mammals

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Christensen, Hilary B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b BATES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HERBIVORE; INSECTIVORE; MARSUPIAL; MOLAR TOOTH; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL MAMMALS; TOOTH DISEASE; TOOTH MICROWEAR; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; TOOTH;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MARSUPIALIA; TOOTH; TOOTH WEAR;

EID: 84905454609     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102789     Document Type: Article

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