Isotopic paleoecology of Clovis mammoths from Arizona

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 44, 2011, Pages 17916-17920

  Metcalfe, Jessica Z ^a   Longstaffe, Fred J ^a   Ballenger, Jesse A M ^b   Vance Haynes Jr , C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b Statistical Research   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioapatite; Geochemistry; Paleoclimate; Paleoindian; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DRINKING WATER; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DIAGENESIS; DROUGHT; ENAMEL; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MAMMOTH; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRATIGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; DIET; ECOLOGY; MAMMOTHS; PALEONTOLOGY; SEASONS; WATER;

ANIMALIA; MAMMUTHUS;

EID: 81055145479     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1113881108     Document Type: Article

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