Diet and habitat of the late Pleistocene mamut and horses from El Cedral based on stable isotopes (13C, 18O);La dieta y el hábitat del mamut y los caballos del Pleistoceno tardío de El Cedral con base en isótopos estables (δ13C, δ18O)

Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geologicas

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 347-355

  Pérez Crespo, Víctor Adrián ^a   Sánchez Chillón, Begoña ^b   Arroyo Cabrales, Joaquín ^c   Alberdi, María Teresa ^b   Polaco, Oscar J ^c   Santos Moreno, Antonio ^a   Benammi, Mouloud ^d,e   Morales Puente, Pedro ^d   Cienfuegos Alvarado, Edith ^d  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

13C; 18O; Diet; Equus; Habitat; Late Pleistocene; Mammuthus columbi; Mexico; San Luis Potos ; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349767126     PISSN: 10268774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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