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Dietary Ecology of the Extinct Cave Bear: Evidence of Omnivory as Inferred from Dental Microwear Textures by Jones, D. Brent, Desantis, Larisa R.G.

“…The diet of the extinct European cave bear, Ursus spelaeus, has widely been debated. Diverging from the extant brown bear (Ursus arctos) approximately 1.2…”
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Biodiversity and Topographic Complexity: Modern and Geohistorical Perspectives by Badgley, Catherine, Smiley, Tara M., Terry, Rebecca, Davis, Edward B., DeSantis, Larisa R.G., Fox, David L., Hopkins, Samantha S.B., Jezkova, Tereza, Matocq, Marjorie D., Matzke, Nick, McGuire, Jenny L., Mulch, Andreas, Riddle, Brett R., Roth, V. Louise, Samuels, Joshua X., Strömberg, Caroline A.E., Yanites, Brian J.

“…Topographically complex regions on land and in the oceans feature hotspots of biodiversity that reflect geological influences on ecological and evolutionary…”
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Clarifying relationships between cranial form and function in tapirs, with implications for the dietary ecology of early hominins by DeSantis, Larisa R. G., Sharp, Alana C., Schubert, Blaine W., Colbert, Matthew W., Wallace, Steven C., Grine, Frederick E.

“…Paleontologists and paleoanthropologists have long debated relationships between cranial morphology and diet in a broad diversity of organisms. While the…”
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Sea-level rise and drought interactions accelerate forest decline on the Gulf Coast of Florida, USA by DESANTIS, LARISA R.G, BHOTIKA, SMRITI, WILLIAMS, KIMBERLYN, PUTZ, FRANCIS E

“…Sea-level rise threatens low-lying coastal ecosystems globally. In Florida, USA, salinity stress due to increased tidal flooding contributes to the dramatic…”
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Extinction implications of a chenopod browse diet for a giant Pleistocene kangaroo by Prideaux, Gavin J, Ayliffe, Linda K, DeSantis, Larisa R.G, Schubert, Blaine W, Murray, Peter F, Gagan, Michael K, Cerling, Thure E

“…Kangaroos are the world's most diverse group of herbivorous marsupials. Following late-Miocene intensification of aridity and seasonality, they radiated across…”
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Physical properties, geochemistry, and diagenesis of xenarthran teeth: Prospects for interpreting the paleoecology of extinct species by MacFadden, Bruce J., DeSantis, Larisa R.G., Hochstein, Joann Labs, Kamenov, George D.

“…Xenarthrans (also called edentates) include modern armadillos, sloths, and numerous extinct clades (e.g., glyptodonts and ground sloths) that lack enamel on…”
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Teaching Evolution Through Inquiry-Based Lessons of Uncontroversial Science by Desantis, Larisa R.G.

“…Antibiotic resistance, genetically modified produce, avian flu, and invasive species persistence are just a few scientific issues pulled from the headlines…”
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Dietary ecology of Pleistocene mammoths and mastodons as inferred from dental microwear textures by Smith, Gregory James, DeSantis, Larisa R.G.

“…The Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi) and the American mastodon (Mammut americanum) have traditionally been considered to have been ecologically distinct,…”
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Dietary ecology of ungulates from the La Brea tar pits in southern California: A multi-proxy approach by Jones, Davis Brent, Desantis, Larisa R.G.

“…The La Brea Tar Pits are a highly fossiliferous late Pleistocene locality, with over 230 vertebrate species, and the potential to help clarify the ecology of…”
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Dietary plasticity of North American herbivores: a synthesis of stable isotope data over the past 7 million years by Pardi, Melissa I, DeSantis, Larisa R G

“…Palaeoecological interpretations are based on our understanding of dietary and habitat preferences of fossil taxa. While morphology provides approximations of…”
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Similar forms have similar functions: dental microwear variability in Tasmanian devils by Reside, Anna, Desantis, Larisa R.G.

“…Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) is commonly used to assess the dietary ecology of modern and fossil taxa. In carnivorans, teeth with different…”
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Cautionary lessons from assessing dental mesowear observer variability and integrating paleoecological proxies of an extreme generalist Cormohipparion emsliei by Loffredo, Lucas F., DeSantis, Larisa R.G.

“…Dental mesowear is an inexpensive and expedient method used to characterize the average diet of herbivorous mammals, capturing wear produced over several…”
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Dental microwear textures across cheek teeth in canids: Implications for dietary studies of extant and extinct canids by Tanis, Brian P., DeSantis, Larisa R.G., Terry, Rebecca C.

“…Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) has been instrumental in reconstructing dietary ecology of extinct and extant carnivorans. Current sampling methods…”
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Dietary ecology of the scimitar-toothed cat Homotherium serum by DeSantis, Larisa R.G., Feranec, Robert S., Antón, Mauricio, Lundelius, Ernest L.

“…The scimitar-toothed cat Homotherium was one of the most cosmopolitan cats of the Pleistocene, present throughout Eurasia, Africa, and the Americas until at…”
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Regional variation in the browsing diet of Pleistocene Mammut americanum (Mammalia, Proboscidea) as recorded by dental microwear textures by Green, Jeremy L., DeSantis, Larisa R.G., Smith, Gregory James

“…Analyses into the feeding ecology of Mammut americanum have reconstructed this extinct proboscidean as a forest-dwelling browser that thrived across North…”
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Early specialized maritime and maize economies on the north coast of Peru by Tung, Tiffiny A., Dillehay, Tom D., Feranec, Robert S., DeSantis, Larisa R. G.

“…We assess diet and economies of middle Holocene (∼7,500 to 4,000 calibrated [cal] B.P.) humans at coexisting mound sites (Huaca Prieta and Paredones) in north…”
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Sumatran orangutan diets in the Late Pleistocene as inferred from dental microwear texture analysis by Louys, Julien, Zaim, Yahdi, Rizal, Yan, Aswan, Puspaningrum, Mika, Trihascaryo, Agus, Price, Gilbert J., Petherick, Ansley, Scholtz, Elinor, DeSantis, Larisa R.G.

“…Orangutan (Pongo spp.) fossils have been found throughout much of Pleistocene Southeast Asia. Today, Pongo is restricted to three living species on the islands…”
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Exploring durophagy among modern gray wolves from the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem with dental microwear texture analysis by Burtt, Amanda A., DeSantis, Larisa R. G.

“…Gray wolf (Canis lupus) dietary behavior can be highly variable; prey species for wolves span a range of ungulates to the consumption of smaller animals. While…”
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Dietary stability inferred from dental mesowear analysis in large ungulates from Rancho La Brea and opportunistic feeding during the late Pleistocene by Cohen, Joshua E., DeSantis, Larisa R.G., Lindsey, Emily L., Meachen, Julie A., O'Keefe, F. Robin, Southon, John R., Binder, Wendy J.

“…The Rancho La Brea locality is world famous for asphaltic deposits that trapped and preserved late Pleistocene megafauna over the last 50,000 years. This…”
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Causes and Consequences of Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinctions as Revealed from Rancho La Brea Mammals by DeSantis, Larisa R.G., Crites, Jonathan M., Feranec, Robert S., Fox-Dobbs, Kena, Farrell, Aisling B., Harris, John M., Takeuchi, Gary T., Cerling, Thure E.

“…The fossils preserved in the Rancho La Brea “tar” seeps in southern California span the past ∼50,000 years and provide a rare opportunity to assess the ecology…”
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