Dental enamel hypoplasia as indicators of seasonal environmental and physiological impacts in modern sheep populations: a model for interpreting the zooarchaeological record

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• enamel 80%
• sheep 79%
• environmental impact 56%
• indicator 43%
• malnutrition 32%
• nutrition 16%
• defect 14%
• weaning 11%
• fodder 10%
• ecological factor 9%
• climatic factor 8%
• tooth 7%
• diet 7%
• seasonal variation 6%
• animal 5%
• rate 2%
• analysis 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• tooth enamel 100%
• environmental impact 71%
• sheep 50%
• malnutrition 26%
• teeth 21%
• goats 13%
• nutrition 12%
• animal suffering 12%
• climatic factors 9%
• weaning 7%
• seasonal variation 6%
• death 6%
• forage 6%
• environmental factors 5%
• diet 4%