Dietary change and stable isotopes: A model of growth and dormancy in cave bears

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1430, 1999, Pages 1779-1783

  Lidén, Kerstin ^a   Angerbjörn, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Collagen turnover; Dietary change; Dormancy; Growth; Lactation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BEAR; DIETARY SHIFT; DORMANCY; GROWTH; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BEAR; DIET; FEMALE; LACTATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION;

URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 0033533570     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0846     Document Type: Article

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