Carbon isotopic signatures recorded in vertebrate tissues derive from ingested food and
thus reflect ecologies and ecosystems. For almost two decades, most carbon isotope-based …

The isotope enrichment ɛ* of 13 C between tooth enamel of large ruminant mammals and
their diet is 14.1±0.5‰. This value was obtained by analyzing both the dental enamel of a …

Isotopic studies of palaeoecological and ecological questions often use bone collagen or
bioapatite as substrates, but rarely both. Substantial new information can be gained from the …

Stable isotope biogeochemistry is useful for quantifying the feeding ecology of modern and
extinct primates. Over the past three decades, substantial advances have been made in our …

Isotopic studies of wild primates have used a wide range of tissues to infer diet and model
the foraging ecologies of extinct species. The use of mismatched tissues for such …

Stable carbon isotope analyses have shown that South African australopiths did not have
exclusively frugivorous diets, but also consumed significant quantities of C4 foods such as …

Stable carbon isotope analysis is now an established tool for investigating the diets of fossil
taxa, but carbon isotopes provide us with limited information about an animal's ecology …

The carbon isotope fractionation between tooth enamel bioapatite, breath CO2, and diet was
measured for voles, rabbits, pigs, and cattle on controlled diets. The measured fractionation …

The diet of African hippopotamids can be documented through stable carbon isotope ratios
(13C/12C) analyses of enamel and other tissues. The common hippopotamus …

Geochemical inferences on ancient diet using bone and enamel apatite rely mainly on
carbon isotope ratios (δ13C) and to a lesser extent on strontium/calcium (Sr/Ca) and …