Carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of red deer (Cervus elaphus) collagen as a tool for tracking palaeoenvironmental change during the Late-Glacial and Early Holocene in the northern Jura (France)

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 195, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 375-388

  Drucker, Dorothée ^a   Bocherens, Hervé ^a   Bridault, Anne ^b   Billiou, Daniel ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE L EVOLUTION   (France)

^b Inrap)   (France)

^c UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Cervus; Collagen; Late Glacial; Nitrogen 15; Palaeoenvironment

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; DEER; HOLOCENE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; VEGETATION HISTORY;

FRANCE; JURA MOUNTAINS;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 0038208390     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00366-3     Document Type: Article

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