A window into a late Pleistocene megafauna community: Stable isotopes show niche partitioning among herbivorous taxa at the Arroyo del Vizcaíno site (Uruguay)

L Varela, L Clavijo, PS Tambusso, RA Fariña - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The analysis of stable isotopes on fossil mammals has become a widely used tool for
understanding the paleoecology and paleodiet of these organisms. In this work, we study …

Endangered species, archaeology, and stable isotopes: huemul (Hippocamelus bisulcus) isotopic ecology in central-western Patagonia (South America)

R Barberena, C Méndez, F Mena, O Reyes - Journal of Archaeological …, 2011 - Elsevier
The management and conservation of animal species should be based upon a long-term
analysis that considers its geographical distribution and feeding patterns. The study of …

Calcium and carbon stable isotope ratios as paleodietary indicators

AD Melin, BE Crowley, ST Brown… - American journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Calcium stable isotope ratios are hypothesized to vary as a function of trophic level. This
premise raises the possibility of using calcium stable isotope ratios to study the dietary …

Sr‐O‐C isotope signatures reveal herbivore niche‐partitioning in a Cretaceous ecosystem

TM Cullen, S Zhang, J Spencer, B Cousens - Palaeontology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stable and radiogenic isotopes represent powerful tools for reconstructing ecological and
environmental patterns in ancient ecosystems. The Cretaceous of North America preserves …

Stable oxygen isotope sourcing of archaeological fauna from Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

MI Hamilton, BL Drake, WH Wills, EL Jones… - American …, 2018 - cambridge.org
Modern datasets provide the context necessary for accurate interpretations of isotopic data
from archaeological faunal assemblages. In this study, we use the oxygen isotope ratios …

Paleodiets of hunter‐gatherers from the central Patagonian coast: Reviewing scopes and limitations of stable isotope analyses

S Kochi, J Gomez Otero, AF Zangrando… - International Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This work reviews paleodietary reconstructions of hunter‐gatherers from the northeast
province of Chubut, Argentina. The isotopic record of human bone can complement …

Paleoenvironment and paleoecology associated with the early phases of the Great American Biotic Interchange based on stable isotope analysis of fossil mammals …

D Sanz-Pérez, CI Montalvo, AE Mehl… - Palaeogeography …, 2023 - Elsevier
The analysis of stable isotopes in fossil mammals is useful for reconstructing
paleoenvironmental and paleoecological conditions, but has been rarely applied to the …

Stable isotopes and paleodiet of the ancient inhabitants of Nueva Esperanza: A late Holocene site from Sabana de Bogotá (Colombia)

S Rivas, D Calderón, C Marulanda… - International Journal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope‐based dietary reconstructions of late Holocene agriculturalists from Sabana
de Bogotá (Colombia) are limited to the late Muisca period. Accordingly, the dietary patterns …

Examining pre-Hispanic human and animal isotopic variation at Kuelap in the eastern montane of Peru

JM Toyne, S Michell, M Denierio, LAN Vargas - Quaternary International, 2020 - Elsevier
Chachapoya bioarchaeological investigations on the eastern slopes of highland Peru are
beginning to elucidate patterns in diet and social interactions in this distinctive region. We …

Late Pleistocene ecological, environmental and climatic reconstruction based on megafauna stable isotopes from northwestern Chilean Patagonia

E González-Guarda, L Domingo, C Tornero… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
Stable isotope analyses have been performed on the bioapatite (δ 13 C; δ 18 O) and
collagen (δ 13 C; δ 15 N) of four late Pleistocene South American megafaunal taxa …