Diets of southern African Bovidae: Stable isotope evidence

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 471-479

  Sponheimer, Matt ^a,b   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^b   DeRuiter, Darryl J ^c   Smith, Jeannette M ^b,c   Van Der Merwe, Nikolaas J ^b   Reed, Kaye ^e   Grant, C C ^c   Ayliffe, Linda K ^a   Robinson, Todd F ^d   Heidelberger, Cory ^a   Marcus, Warren ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Bovid; Bovidae; Carbon isotopes; Diet; Morphology

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DENTITION; DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; UNGULATE;

AFRICA;

BOVIDAE; LILIOPSIDA; ORYX; RAPHICERUS; RAPHICERUS CAMPESTRIS; TAUROTRAGUS; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX; UNGULATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038240592     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0471:DOSABS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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