The ecological implications of a Yakutian mammoth's last meal

Quaternary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-376

  van Geel, Bas ^a   Aptroot, André ^b   Baittinger, Claudia ^c   Birks, Hilary H ^d   Bull, Ian D ^e   Cross, Hugh B ^f   Evershed, Richard P ^e   Gravendeel, Barbara ^a,f   Kompanje, Erwin J O ^g   Kuperus, Peter ^a   Mol, Dick ^h   Nierop, Klaas G J ^a   Pals, Jan Peter ⁱ   Tikhonov, Alexei N ^j   van Reenen, Guido ^a   van Tienderen, Peter H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Adviesbureau voor Bryologie en Lichenologie   (Netherlands)

^c National Museum of Denmark   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN BRANCH   (Netherlands)

^g ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^j ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

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Author keywords

Ancient DNA; Biomarker; Diet; Dung; Lipid; Macro remains; Mammuthus primigenius; Microfossils; Tree ring analysis; Yukagir

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMARKER; DIET; DNA; LIPID; MAMMOTH; MICROFOSSIL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; TREE RING;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SAKHA;

ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; BRYOPHYTA; CAREX; FUNGI; MAMMUTHUS PRIMIGENIUS; POACEAE; SALIX; SALIX HERBACEA;

EID: 43349107207     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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