Bamboo feeding and tooth wear of three sika deer (Cervus nippon) populations from northern Japan

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1043-1053

  Rivals, Florent ^a,b,c   Takatsuki, Seiki ^d   Albert, Rosa Maria ^a,e   Macià, Laia ^e  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT CATALÀ DE PALEOECOLOGIA HUMANA I EVOLUCIÓ SOCIAL   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^d AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

bamboo; Cervidae; diet; mesowear; microwear; phytoliths

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; BAMBOO; DEER; FOOD SELECTION; GRASS; PHYTOLITH; SEASONAL VARIATION; TOOTH;

HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; KINKAZAN; MIYAGI; MOUNT IWATE; OSHIKA PENINSULA; OU MOUNTAINS; TOHOKU;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS NIPPON;

EID: 84908614828     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/14-MAMM-A-097     Document Type: Article

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