The role of bite force in the formation of orthodentine microwear in tree sloths (Mammalia: Xenarthra: Folivora): Implications for feeding ecology. Issue 1 (January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McAfee, Robert K.; Green, Jeremy L.
• Is Part Of: Archives of oral biology. Volume 60:Issue 1(2015:Jan.)
• Page Start: 181
• Page End: 192
• Publication Date: 2015-01
• Subjects: Mouth -- Periodicals; Mouth -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Dentistry -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 617.6005
• DOI: 10.1016/j.archoralbio.2014.09.014
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-9969

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">Hypothesize that tree sloth microwear features correlate with increasing bite forces.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Scratch width is the only feature to correlate to bite force and just in <italic>Choloepus.</italic></p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015"> <italic>Bradypus</italic> shows no significant correlation of microwear features with bite force.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Microwear creation is complex and requires more than just simple orthal closure.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>