Niche partitioning between two sympatric genetically distinct cave bears (Ursus spelaeus and Ursus ingressus) and brown bear (Ursus arctos) from Austria: Isotopic evidence from fossil bones

Quaternary International

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 238-248

  Bocherens, Hervé ^a   Stiller, Mathias ^b,c   Hobson, Keith A ^d   Pacher, Martina ^e   Rabeder, Gernot ^e   Burns, James A ^f,g   Tütken, Thomas ^h   Hofreiter, Michael ^b,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^g Manitoba Museum   (Canada)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BONE; CAVE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOSSIL; GENETICS; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY;

AUSTRIA;

ANIMALIA; URSUS; URSUS ARCTOS; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 80052769109     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.12.020     Document Type: Article

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