The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis

REB Reid, BE Crowley, RJ Haupt - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
What can the stable isotope values of human and animal faeces tell us? This often under‐
appreciated waste product is gaining recognition across a variety of disciplines. Faecal …

Reevaluating trophic discrimination factors (Δδ13C and Δδ15N) for diet reconstruction

RB Stephens, AP Ouimette, EA Hobbie… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis is increasingly being used to assess diet and trophic positions of
animals. Such assessments require estimates of trophic discrimination factors (TDFs)—offset …

[HTML][HTML] Human and hutia (Isolobodon portoricensis) interactions in pre-Columbian Hispaniola: The isotopic and morphological evidence

GT Shev, JE Laffoon, CL Hofman - Journal of Archaeological Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
There are certain animal candidates for which researchers have long speculated as having
been managed, or possibly domesticated, by indigenous peoples in the pre-Columbian …

[HTML][HTML] Stable isotopes of C and N differ in their ability to reconstruct diets of cattle fed C3–C4 forage diets

DM Jaramillo, JCB Dubeux Jr, M Ruiz-Moreno… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Stable isotopes are useful for estimating livestock diet selection. The objective was to
compare δ13C and δ15N to estimate diet proportion of C3–C4 forages when steers (Bos …

Stable isotopic characterization of a coastal floodplain forest community: a case study for isotopic reconstruction of Mesozoic vertebrate assemblages

TM Cullen, FJ Longstaffe… - Royal Society …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Stable isotopes are powerful tools for elucidating ecological trends in extant vertebrate
communities, though their application to Mesozoic ecosystems is complicated by a lack of …

Diet analysis of Père David's deer (Elaphurus davidianus) based on stable isotope analysis

J Zha, Y Wu, Y An - Wildlife Biology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Supplemental feed for free‐ranging deer is often advocated by managers to compensate for
winter survival. However, providing extra food has great costs so it is important to know how …

[HTML][HTML] Specific Gene Duplication and Loss of Cytochrome P450 in Families 1-3 in Carnivora (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria)

M Kondo, Y Ikenaka, SMM Nakayama, YK Kawai… - Animals, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In this study we investigated the specific duplication and loss events of
cytochrome P450 (CYP) genes in families 1-3 in Carnivora. These genes have been …

Stable isotopes reveal seasonal dietary responses to agroforestry in a venomous mammal, the Hispaniolan solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus)

AM Mychajliw, JN Almonte, PA Martinez… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While trends in tropical deforestation are alarming, conservation biologists are increasingly
recognizing the potential for species survival in human‐modified landscapes. Identifying the …

[HTML][HTML] Faecal analyses and alimentary tracers reveal the foraging ecology of two sympatric bats

S Moyo, DS Jacobs - PLoS One, 2020 - journals.plos.org
We used three complementary methods to assess the diet of two insectivorous bat species:
one an obligate aerial hunter, Miniopterus natalensis, and the other Myotis tricolor whose …

Does faecal matter reflect location? An initial assessment of isotopic variability between consumed prey remains and faecal matter for wild jaguars

BE Crowley, C Wultsch, MJ Kelly - Isotopes in environmental and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Faecal isotopic analysis may complement other non-invasive wildlife survey tools for
monitoring landscape use by carnivores, such as motion-detecting cameras and non …