Recognizing growth patterns and maternal strategies in extinct species using stable isotopes: The case of the cave bear Ursus spelaeus ROSENMÜLLER

Quaternary International

Volumn 245, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-306

  Perez Rama M ^a   Fernandez Mosquera D ^a   Grandal d'Anglade, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAR; BREASTFEEDING; DIET; EXTINCTION; GROWTH; HIBERNATION; MATERNAL CARE; METABOLISM; PALEOECOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MAMMALIA; URSUS SPELAEUS;

EID: 82755189133     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.09.009     Document Type: Article

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