Isotopic tracking of large carnivore palaeoecology in the mammoth steppe

H Bocherens - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Isotopic tracking of carnivore palaeoecology is a relatively new approach that yielded
important results for the study of the non-analogue mammoth steppe biome. After describing …

Isotopic variability of cave bears (δ15N, δ13C) across Europe during MIS 3

M Krajcarz, M Pacher, MT Krajcarz, L Laughlan… - Quaternary Science …, 2016 - Elsevier
Collagen, the organic fraction of bone, records the isotopic parameters of consumed food for
carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N). This relationship of isotopic signature between diet …

Isotopic evidence for dietary ecology of late Neandertals in North-Western Europe

C Wißing, H Rougier, I Crevecoeur, M Germonpré… - Quaternary …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Late Pleistocene site “Troisième caverne” of Goyet (Belgium) has yielded the
broadest set of Neandertal remains in North-Western Europe and is associated with a rich …

Isotopic insights on cave bear palaeodiet

H Bocherens - Historical Biology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
More than 300 cave bear bones from all over Europe have carbon and nitrogen isotopic
composition that match overwhelmingly a diet based on plants, except for samples from two …

Coupled social and ecological change drove the historical extinction of the California grizzly bear (Ursus arctos californicus)

AM Mychajliw, AJ Adams, KC Brown… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Large carnivores (order Carnivora) are among the world's most threatened mammals due to
a confluence of ecological and social forces that have unfolded over centuries. Combining …

Chronological and Isotopic data support a revision for the timing of cave bear extinction in Mediterranean Europe

G Terlato, H Bocherens, M Romandini, N Nannini… - Historical …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The Cave Bear, Ursus spelaeus (sensu lato), was one of many megafaunal species
that became extinct during the Late Pleistocene in Europe. With new data we revisit the …

Diet and habitat of the saiga antelope during the late Quaternary using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios

J Jürgensen, DG Drucker, AJ Stuart… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica) is one of the typical late Pleistocene species of the cold and
arid mammoth steppe that covered a large area of northern hemisphere. The species is …

Heavy reliance on plants for Romanian cave bears evidenced by amino acid nitrogen isotope analysis

YI Naito, IN Meleg, M Robu, M Vlaicu, DG Drucker… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Heavy reliance on plants is rare in Carnivora and mostly limited to relatively small species in
subtropical settings. The feeding behaviors of extinct cave bears living during Pleistocene …

[HTML][HTML] Dental microwear analysis of Kudaro cave bears: Insights into dietary evolution from the Middle to Late Pleistocene

P Duno-Iglesias, I Ramirez-Pedraza, F Rivals… - Palaeogeography …, 2024 - Elsevier
The dietary changes of early cave bear populations from the Middle to Late Pleistocene are
poorly understood. In this study, we analysed 60 m1 through dental microwear analysis of …

Evolutionary history and palaeoecology of brown bear in North-East Siberia re-examined using ancient DNA and stable isotopes from skeletal remains

A Rey-Iglesia, A García-Vázquez, EC Treadaway… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Over 60% of the modern distribution range of brown bears falls within Russia, yet
palaeoecological data from the region remain scarce. Complete modern Russian brown …