Stable isotope (O, N, C) intra-specific variations in B. primigenius skeletal remains from a Pleistocene cave sequence: A proxy for detailed palaeoenvironmental reconstruction

Alpine and Mediterranean Quaternary

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-67

  Iacumin, P ^a   Fattori, S ^a   Hedges, R ^b   Abbazzi, L ^c   Longinelli, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cave sequence; Intra specific variation; Palaeonvironmental reconstruction; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242409235     PISSN: 22797327     EISSN: 22797335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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