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Browsing into a Panamanian tropical rainforest: micro- and mesowear study of Central American red brocket deer

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • Publisher Information:
      2023
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The Mazama genus is one of the more diverse genera among deer (Cervidae); its classification is controversial because of its complex phylogenetic relationships. The Central American red brocket deer (Mazama temama) is distributed from Central America to the northwest of South America. Studying the diet of mammals gives us information about the environment in which they live, considering that animals select food according to the resources available in the surrounding environment. Mesowear and microwear provide complementary data because they present direct evidence of feeding behaviour on different time scales. The use of extant animals as control samples or baselines allows for the interpretation of the results of a study performed using the archaeological record. For this reason, the aim of this paper was to study the diet of extant M. temama from Darien and to compare it with our previous results on ancient deer from Pedro Gonzalez Island archaeological site (6060–5620 cal yr BP) and extant individuals from San Jose Island (Panama). Evidence from the meso- and microwear analyses of M. temama from Darien suggests that they were browse-dominated mixed feeders during the last years of their lives and during the days before their death. There was no evidence of seasonal variation in their diets and between sexes. This paper exemplifies the potential of studying extant materials housed in museum collections as a reference to compare them to archaeological remains. The use of the same methods allows to construct baselines to better understand the archaeological record in the Neotropics. Graphical Abstract: [Figure not available: see fulltext.].
    • الموضوع:
      Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics,Zoology; Palaeoecology; Mazama temama; Dietary ecology; Dental microwear; Darien province; wear; stable-isotope; shape; palaeoecology; mazama temama; mazama; dietary ecology; diet; cervidae; artiodactyla; Zoology; Ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics; Biodiversidade; Animal science and zoology; Journal Publications
    • Availability:
      Open access content. Open access content
      info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
    • Other Numbers:
      RIV oai:urv.cat:imarina:9292111
      1443598739
    • Contributing Source:
      UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI BIBLIOTECA
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    • الرقم المعرف:
      edsoai.on1443598739
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