Skeletal and Dental Development Preserve Evidence of Energetic Stress in the Moose of Isle Royale

Food shortages can leave diagnostic, and in the case of the dentition, irreversible changes in mineralized tissue that persist into historical and fossil records. Consequently, developmental defects of tooth enamel might be used to track ungulate population irruptions or declines in resource availab...

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Main Authors: Caitlin Brown, Caroline E. Rinaldi, William J. Ripple, Blaire Van Valkenburgh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00272/full