Neoecology and paleoecology both seek to answer the same questions, albeit using
different material, at different time scales and with different limitations. Nevertheless, too …

Dietary information of fossil mammals can be revealed via the analysis of tooth morphology,
tooth wear, tooth geochemistry, and the microscopic wear patterns on tooth surfaces …

Both dust and silica phytoliths have been shown to contribute to reducing tooth volume
during chewing. However, the way and the extent to which they individually contribute to …

Dental microwear texture (DMT) analysis is commonly applied for dietary reconstruction of
vertebrates. The temporal scale on which dietarily informative microscopic wear forms on …

Tooth wear analysis techniques (mesowear and microwear) are employed to analyze
dietary traits in proboscideans, perissodactyls and artiodactyls from 33 Pleistocene localities …

There is an ongoing discourse about whether or not external abrasives influence the
microscopic wear in herbivore teeth, including a statement that “dust does not matter”. We …

External abrasives ingested along with the herbivore diet are considered main contributors
to dental wear, though how the different sizes and concentrations of these abrasives …

Food processing wears down teeth, thus affecting tooth functionality and evolutionary
success. Other than intrinsic silica phytoliths, extrinsic mineral dust/grit adhering to plants …

Woody plants and grasses are two functionally distinct food groups that pose different
mechanical, nutritional, and ecological challenges to herbivores. Accordingly, herbivores …

Dental microwear is a common and wellestablished technique which allows the short-term
reconstruction of the dietary behaviour in extinct and extant vertebrates, allowing inferences …