δ13C Values Reflect Aspects of Primate Ecology in Addition to Diet

Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology

Volumn , Issue 9781402096983, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Schoeninger, Margaret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apes; Dietreconstruction; Hominins; Monkeys; Prosimians; Stable carbon isotope ratios

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015610169     PISSN: 18779077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9699-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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