Nitrogen isotopic studies have the potential to shed light on the structure of ancient
ecosystems, agropastoral regimes, and human-environment interactions. Until relatively …

In contexts where human remains are scarce, poorly preserved, or otherwise unavailable for
stable isotope-based paleodietary reconstruction, dog bone collagen as well as other …

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 …

Organic fertilizers have the capacity to alter the nitrogen isotopic composition of plants.
Camelid dung and seabird guano are two potentially important fertilizers in the agricultural …

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 …

Objectives Determining nutritional development in wild primates is difficult through
observations because confirming dietary intake is challenging. Physiological measures are …

In south-eastern Romania, a prominent place was given to pigs in the Gumelniţa culture
(Late Chalcolithic, second half of 5th millennium BC); as was the highly prized wild boar …

Incomplete knowledge about local foraging ecology of green turtles hampers their
conservation management in Japan, where stocks have only partially recovered from heavy …

Recently, Caut, Angulo & Courchamp (2009, Journal of Applied Ecology) published a review
on diet‐tissue isotopic shifts in animals. They concluded that diet‐tissue shifts are influenced …

Alloparenting, when individuals other than the mother assist with infant care, can vary
between and within populations and has potential fitness costs and benefits for individuals …