Browsing and grazing in elephants: The isotope record of modern and fossil proboscideans

Oecologia

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 364-374

  Cerling, Thure E ^a   Harris, John M ^b   Leakey, Meave G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b George C Page Museum   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Browsing; Diet; Elephants; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; DIET; ELEPHANT; GRAZING; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

ELEPHAS; LOXODONTA;

EID: 0032857267     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050869     Document Type: Article

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