Stable isotope analyses provide insights into large herbivore diets. Carbon isotopes are
particularly useful for analysing diet given their ability to reflect C3 or C4 photosynthetic …

Resource use and niche partitioning has rarely been shown in ancient C3-dominated
environments through analysis of stable isotope values, even though before 7 million years …

Rationale Nutritional bottlenecks often limit the abundance of animal populations and alter
individual behaviours; however, establishing animal condition over extended periods of time …

Although generalists are becoming increasingly abundant and widespread, little is known
about their response to ecological variation they encounter across their range. For example …

Hispaniola once had a large and diverse endemic rodent community. Today, a single
species, Plagiodontia aedium, survives alongside invasive murids. Ecological adaptations …

In human-dominated landscapes throughout the world, wildlife seek out anthropogenic
foods because they are high in nutritional value and are consistently available. To …

Stable isotopes of mammoths and mastodons have the potential to illuminate ecological
changes in late Pleistocene landscapes and megafaunal populations as these species …

Most ecological proxies used in archaeological research operate at scales that are too
coarse-grained for consideration of huntergatherer adaptive decisions. Hunter-gatherers …

This thesis focused on developing appropriate scales to measure environmental variability
at temporal and spatial increments meaningful to hunter gatherer adaptation. Most …

The mobility and dietary preferences of now‐extinct proboscideans have not been
comprehensively examined in the central USA. We used stable carbon (δ13C), oxygen …