Magnesium stable isotope ecology using mammal tooth enamel

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

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 430-435

  Martin, Jeremy E ^a,b   Vance, Derek ^c   Balter, Vincent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Carbon; Equatorial mammals; Magnesium; Paleoecology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BARIUM ION; CALCIUM; CARBON 13; MAGNESIUM; OXYGEN 18; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM; CARBON; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENAMEL; FECES; FRACTIONATION; GORILLA; HERBIVORE; MANDRILLUS; NONHUMAN; OMNIVORE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNCERUS; VEGETATION; ANIMAL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; EDIBLE PLANT; FOSSIL; GABON; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FOSSILS; GABON; ISOTOPES; MAGNESIUM; MAMMALS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PALEODONTOLOGY; PLANTS, EDIBLE;

EID: 84920969909     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1417792112     Document Type: Article

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