Elevated δ15N values in mammoths: a comparison with modern elephants

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 289-295

  Kuitems, Margot ^a   van Kolfschoten, Thijs ^a   van der Plicht, Johannes ^a,b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Controlled feeding; Large herbivores; Pleistocene; Stable nitrogen isotope

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942314378     PISSN: 18669557     EISSN: 18669565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-012-0095-2     Document Type: Article

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