期刊
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY INTERFACE
卷 18, 期 180, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0139
关键词
feeding experiment; mesowear; absolute wear; microwear; diet reconstruction
资金
- Swiss National Science Foundation [31003A_163300/1]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [31003A_163300] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
A study conducted on sheep fed diets of varying abrasiveness found strong correlations between multiple parameters in dental wear, supporting the application of reduced parameter sets. However, there were lower correlations between DMTA parameters and volumetric tissue changes or mesowear variables, indicating the need for a better understanding of these dental wear processes.
Dietary reconstruction in vertebrates often relies on dental wear-based proxies. Although these proxies are widely applied, the contributions of physical and mechanical processes leading to meso- and microwear are still unclear. We tested their correlation using sheep (Ovis aries, n = 39) fed diets of varying abrasiveness for 17 months as a model. Volumetric crown tissue loss, mesowear change and dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) were all applied to the same teeth. We hereby correlate: (i) 46 DMTA parameters with each other, for the maxillary molars (M1, M2, M3), and the second mandibular molar (m2); (ii) 10 mesowear variables to each other and to DMTA for M1, M2, M3 and m2; and (iii) volumetric crown tissue loss to mesowear and DMTA for M2. As expected, many DMTA parameters correlated strongly with each other, supporting the application of reduced parameter sets in future studies. Correlation results showed only few DMTA parameters correlated with volumetric tissue change and even less so with mesowear variables, with no correlation between mesowear and volumetric tissue change. These findings caution against interpreting DMTA and mesowear patterns in terms of actual tissue removal until these dental wear processes can be better understood at microscopic and macroscopic levels.
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