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 …

The proposed dietary pattern of extinct Late Pleistocene cave bears (Ursus spelaeus
Rosenmüller, 1794) has become controversial, as some authors have suggested that they …

Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of fossil bone collagen reveals that Pleistocene
short-faced bears (Arctodus simus) of Beringia were highly carnivorous, while …

Cave, a lava tube cave on St. Paul Island in the Pribilofs, has recently produced a mid-
Holocene vertebrate faunal assemblage including woolly mammoth, polar bear, caribou …

Insights into causes of extinction in fossil animals can contribute to an understanding of how
environmental or anthropogenic processes may affect extant animals. Cave bears that went …

Palaeogenetic investigations in three geographically close caves (Hohle Fels,
Geißenklösterle, and Sirgenstein) in the Ach Valley near Blaubeuren (Swabian Jura) …

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 …

The prey choice of extinct cave lions Panthera spelaea was determined using bone collagen
isotopic signatures in the Belgian Ardennes and the Swabian Jura between 40,000 and …

The Mammoth Steppe was the dominant terrestrial biome of the Northern Hemisphere
during the late Pleistocene. It encompassed a nonanalog community of animals living in a …

Previous isotopic studies of herbivorous mammals suggested that the dispersal of the
grazing mammals, Mammuthus and Bison resulted in the endemic grazers incorporating …