Ontogenetic Dietary Shifts and Microscopic Tooth Wear in Western Chimpanzees

Microscopic tooth wear studies on primates have largely focused on interspecific dietary comparisons, while few have addressed intraspecific variations, such as those among age groups. Here, we examined to what extent dietary shifts during ontogeny can be revealed from microscopic tooth wear in a we...

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Main Authors: Julia Stuhlträger, Ellen Schulz-Kornas, Roman M. Wittig, Kornelius Kupczik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2019.00298/full