Bomb-curve radiocarbon measurement of recent biologic tissues and applications to wildlife forensics and stable isotope (paleo)ecology

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

Volumn 110, Issue 29, 2013, Pages 11736-11741

  Uno, Kevin T ^a   Quade, Jay ^b   Fisher, Daniel C ^c,d   Wittemyer, George ^e,f   Douglas Hamilton, Iain ^g,h   Andanje, Samuel ^h   Omondi, Patrick ^h   Litoroh, Moses ^h   Cerling, Thure E ^a,i  

^a Department of Geology and Geophysics ^*  (United States)

^b The University of Arizona   (United States)

^c Museum of Paleontology   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^f SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 14; Elephant; Growth increments; Growth rate; Poaching

Indexed keywords

CARBON 14; ORGANIC COMPOUND; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; AFRICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HAIR; HERBIVORE; HORN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PALEOECOLOGY; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY; WILDLIFE; WILDLIFE FORENSIC;

CARBON-14; ELEPHANT; GROWTH INCREMENTS; GROWTH RATE; POACHING;

AFRICA, EASTERN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HAIR; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PLANTS; RADIOMETRIC DATING; TOOTH;

EID: 84880350578     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1302226110     Document Type: Article

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