Cave bear's diet: a new hypothesis based on stable isotopes

dc.contributor.author	Vila, Marta
dc.contributor.author	Fernández Mosquera, Daniel
dc.contributor.author	Grandal-d'Anglade, Aurora
dc.date.accessioned	2010-01-25T09:38:28Z
dc.date.available	2010-01-25T09:38:28Z
dc.date.issued	2001
dc.identifier.citation	Cadernos do Laboratorio Xeolóxico de Laxe, 2001, 26: 431-439 ISSN: 00213-4497	es_ES
dc.identifier.issn	0213-4497
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2183/6514
dc.description.abstract	[Abstract] The Ursus spelaeus diet has always been a controversial topic in Paleontology. Both, morphometric and isotopic studies, have raised the hypothesis of herbivorism for this extinct ursid that belongs to the order Carnivora. However, the specific composition of its diet is still in doubt. In this paper, and dealing with stables isotopes of 1 3C and 1 5 N in bone collagen, we point out the possibility of Ursus spelaeus feeding basically on nitrogen fixing plants, because of its low δ1 5 N signature, the lowest one among the published data from other Pleistocene herbivores.
dc.language.iso	eng	es_ES
dc.publisher	Universidade da Coruña	es_ES
dc.subject	Ursus spelaeus	es_ES
dc.subject	D1 5N	es_ES
dc.subject	Bone collagen	es_ES
dc.subject	Diet	es_ES
dc.subject	Nitrogen-fixing plants	es_ES
dc.title	Cave bear's diet: a new hypothesis based on stable isotopes	es_ES
dc.title.alternative	La dieta del Oso de las Cavernas: nueva hipótesis basada en isótopos estables
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es_ES
dc.rights.access	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess