Diet and habitat definitions for Mexican glyptodonts from Cedral (San Luis Potosí, México) based on stable isotope analysis

Geological Magazine

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 153-157

  Pérez Crespo, Victor Adrián ^a   Arroyo Cabrales, Joaquín ^b   Alva Valdivia, Luis M ^a   Morales Puente, Pedro ^a   Cienfuegos Alvarado, Edith ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

diet; glyptodonts; habitat; M xico

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION;

C4 PLANT; GENERAL ASPECTS; GLYPTODONTS; HABITAT; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN LUIS POTOSI;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; TAPIRIDAE;

EID: 82955235673     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: 14695081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756811000951     Document Type: Article

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