Stable carbon isotope measurements on hair from wild animals from altiplanic environments of Jujuy, Argentina

Radiocarbon

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 709-716

  Panarello, Héctor O ^a   Fernández C, Jorge ^b  

^a Instituto de Geocronologia y Geologia Isotopica   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; HAIR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTIODACTYLA; CARNIVORE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOLOGY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HERBIVORY; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARGENTINA; JUJUY PROVINCE;

EID: 0141839841     PISSN: 00338222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033822200032161     Document Type: Conference Paper

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