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> Could anyone give us  the data relevant to the relationship between
> the age and growth of teeth of Cervidae (e.g. red deer).  Many thanks
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As it just so happened, I compiled some of these references recently.
This should give you a start.

Cheers,

Ben


Azorit, C., M. Analla, J. Hervas, R. Carrasco, and J. Muñoz-Cobo
2002 Growth Marks Observation:Preferential Techniques and Teeth for
Ageing of Spanish Red Deer (Cervus elaphus hispanicus).  Anatomia,
Histologia, Embryologia 31:303-307

Gifford-Gonzalez, D. P.
1991 Examining and refining the Quadratic Crown Height Method of Age
Estimation. In  Human Predators and Prey Mortality, edited by M. C.
Stiner, pp. 41-78. Westview Press,  Boulder.

Grue, H., and B. Jensen
1979 Review of the Formation of Incremental Lines in Tooth Cementum of
Terrestrial Mammals. Danish Review of Game Biology 11: 1-48.

Hillson, S.
1986 Teeth. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Jensen, W.
1999 Aging Elk.  North Dakota Outdoors 62(2):16-20.

Klein, R. G., K. Allwarden, and C. Wolf
1983 The Calculation and Interpretation of Ungulate Age Profiles from
Dental Crown Heights.  In Hunter-Gatherer Economy in Prehistory: A
European Perspective, edited by G. Bailey, pp. 47-58. Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge.

Loe, L. E., A. Mysterud, R. Langvatn, and N C. Stenseth
2003 Decelerating and Sex-Dependent Tooth Wear in Norwegian Red Deer.
Oecologia 135:346-353.

Lowe, V. P. W.
1967 Teeth as Indicators of Age with Special Reference to Red Deer
(Cervus elaphus) of Known Age from Rhum. Journal of Zoology (London)
152:137-153.

Mitchell, B.
1967 Growth Layers in Dental Cement for Determining the Age of Red Deer
(Cervus elaphus L.). The Journal of Animal Ecology 36:279-293.

Quimby, D. C., and J. E. Gaab
1957 Mandibular Dentition as an Age Indicator in Rocky Mountain Elk.
Journal of Wildlife Management 21:435-451.

Steele, T. E.
2002 Red Deer: Their Ecology and How They Were Hunted by Late
Pleistocene Hominids in Western Europe. PhD Dissertation, Department of
Anthropology, Stanford University.

Toweill, D. E., and J. W. Thomas (eds.)
2004 North American Elk: Ecology and Management. Smithsonian Institution
Press, Washington D.C.