Paleobiological Implications of the Isotopic Signatures (13C, 15N) of Fossil Mammal Collagen in Scladina Cave (Sclayn, Belgium)

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 370-380

  Bocherens, Hervé ^a   Billiou, Daniel ^a   Patou Mathis, Marylène ^b   Bonjean, Dominique ^c   Otte, Marcel ^d   Mariotti, André ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Institut de Paleontologie Humaine   (France)

^c Asbl Archéologie Andennaise   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS SPELAEUS;

BEAR; DIATARY ADAPTATION; FOSSIL BONE; FOSSIL RECORD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; MAMMOTH; PALAEONTOLOGY; TOOTH COLLAGEN;

BELGIUM, SCLAYN, SCLADINA CAVE;

EID: 0031392751     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1927     Document Type: Article

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