Supplementary material from "Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis"
The largest antlers of any known deer species belonged to the extinct giant deer Megaloceros giganteus . It has been argued that their antlers were too large for use in fighting, instead being used only in ritualized displays to attract mates. Here, we used finite-element analysis to test whether th...
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ftdatacite:10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4682321.v1 2023-05-15T13:13:16+02:00 Supplementary material from "Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis" Klinkhamer, Ada J. Woodley, Nicholas Neenan, James M. Parr, William C. H. Clausen, Philip Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R. Sansalone, Gabriele Lister, Adrian M. Wroe, Stephen 2019 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4682321.v1 https://rs.figshare.com/collections/Supplementary_material_from_Head_to_head_the_case_for_fighting_behaviour_in_i_Megaloceros_giganteus_i_using_finite-element_analysis_/4682321/1 unknown The Royal Society https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1873 https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4682321 CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY 40308 Palaeontology incl. Palynology FOS Earth and related environmental sciences 110601 Biomechanics FOS Health sciences 60801 Animal Behaviour FOS Biological sciences Collection article 2019 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4682321.v1 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.1873 https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4682321 2021-11-05T12:55:41Z The largest antlers of any known deer species belonged to the extinct giant deer Megaloceros giganteus . It has been argued that their antlers were too large for use in fighting, instead being used only in ritualized displays to attract mates. Here, we used finite-element analysis to test whether the antlers of M. giganteus could have withstood forces generated during fighting. We compared the mechanical performance of antlers in M. giganteus with three extant deer species: red deer ( Cervus elaphus ), fallow deer ( Dama dama ) and moose ( Alces alces ). Von Mises stress results suggest that M. giganteus was capable of withstanding some fighting loads, provided that their antlers interlocked proximally, and that its antlers were best adapted for withstanding loads from twisting rather than pushing actions, as are other deer with palmate antlers. We conclude that fighting in M. giganteus was likely more constrained and predictable than in extant deer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Giganteus ENVELOPE(62.500,62.500,-67.567,-67.567) |
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40308 Palaeontology incl. Palynology FOS Earth and related environmental sciences 110601 Biomechanics FOS Health sciences 60801 Animal Behaviour FOS Biological sciences Klinkhamer, Ada J. Woodley, Nicholas Neenan, James M. Parr, William C. H. Clausen, Philip Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R. Sansalone, Gabriele Lister, Adrian M. Wroe, Stephen Supplementary material from "Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis" |
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The largest antlers of any known deer species belonged to the extinct giant deer Megaloceros giganteus . It has been argued that their antlers were too large for use in fighting, instead being used only in ritualized displays to attract mates. Here, we used finite-element analysis to test whether the antlers of M. giganteus could have withstood forces generated during fighting. We compared the mechanical performance of antlers in M. giganteus with three extant deer species: red deer ( Cervus elaphus ), fallow deer ( Dama dama ) and moose ( Alces alces ). Von Mises stress results suggest that M. giganteus was capable of withstanding some fighting loads, provided that their antlers interlocked proximally, and that its antlers were best adapted for withstanding loads from twisting rather than pushing actions, as are other deer with palmate antlers. We conclude that fighting in M. giganteus was likely more constrained and predictable than in extant deer. |
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Klinkhamer, Ada J. Woodley, Nicholas Neenan, James M. Parr, William C. H. Clausen, Philip Sánchez-Villagra, Marcelo R. Sansalone, Gabriele Lister, Adrian M. Wroe, Stephen |
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Supplementary material from "Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis" |
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Supplementary material from "Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis" |
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Supplementary material from "Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis" |
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Supplementary material from "Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis" |
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Supplementary material from "Head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in Megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis" |
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supplementary material from "head to head: the case for fighting behaviour in megaloceros giganteus using finite-element analysis" |
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