The dental microwear texture of wild boars from Japan reflects inter- and intra-populational feeding preferences

Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is rapidly expanding for the dietary estimation of extinct animals. There has been an extensive accumulation of microwear texture data from herbivorous mammals, especially for ruminant artiodactyls, but suids are still underrepresented. Microwear varies depen...

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Main Authors: Kohga Miyamoto, Mugino O. Kubo, Yasushi Yokohata
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.957646/full