Diet reconstruction of ancient brown bears ( Ursus arctos) from Mont Ventoux (France) using bone collagen stable isotope biogeochemistry ( 13 C, 15 N)
A very rich assemblage of ancient brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos Linnaeus, 1758) from Mont Ventoux caves (France) has been investigated using carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of bone collagen. The isotopic data showed that these bears were feeding in an open environment and consumed mainly...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/z04-017 2024-06-23T07:57:21+00:00 Diet reconstruction of ancient brown bears ( Ursus arctos) from Mont Ventoux (France) using bone collagen stable isotope biogeochemistry ( 13 C, 15 N) Bocherens, Hervé Argant, Alain Argant, Jacqueline Billiou, Daniel Crégut-Bonnoure, Evelyne Donat-Ayache, Bernadette Philippe, Michel Thinon, Michel 2004 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z04-017 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z04-017 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Zoology volume 82, issue 4, page 576-586 ISSN 0008-4301 1480-3283 journal-article 2004 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/z04-017 2024-06-13T04:10:47Z A very rich assemblage of ancient brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos Linnaeus, 1758) from Mont Ventoux caves (France) has been investigated using carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of bone collagen. The isotopic data showed that these bears were feeding in an open environment and consumed mainly plant food items. The access to livestock meat appeared to have been much more limited for these ancient brown bears than for 20th-century Pyrenean bears, suggesting that husbandry patterns had kept bears away from domestic herds. The isotopic variations observed are large according to the ontogenic stage of the bears when they died, which could be accounted for by the isotopic changes that occur during hibernation of the lactating female bear and by different time periods averaged in bone collagen, and without the need to involve different food resources for cubs relative to adult bears. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Canadian Science Publishing Mont Ventoux ENVELOPE(69.224,69.224,-49.166,-49.166) Canadian Journal of Zoology 82 4 576 586 |
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A very rich assemblage of ancient brown bears (Ursus arctos arctos Linnaeus, 1758) from Mont Ventoux caves (France) has been investigated using carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of bone collagen. The isotopic data showed that these bears were feeding in an open environment and consumed mainly plant food items. The access to livestock meat appeared to have been much more limited for these ancient brown bears than for 20th-century Pyrenean bears, suggesting that husbandry patterns had kept bears away from domestic herds. The isotopic variations observed are large according to the ontogenic stage of the bears when they died, which could be accounted for by the isotopic changes that occur during hibernation of the lactating female bear and by different time periods averaged in bone collagen, and without the need to involve different food resources for cubs relative to adult bears. |
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Bocherens, Hervé Argant, Alain Argant, Jacqueline Billiou, Daniel Crégut-Bonnoure, Evelyne Donat-Ayache, Bernadette Philippe, Michel Thinon, Michel |
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Bocherens, Hervé Argant, Alain Argant, Jacqueline Billiou, Daniel Crégut-Bonnoure, Evelyne Donat-Ayache, Bernadette Philippe, Michel Thinon, Michel Diet reconstruction of ancient brown bears ( Ursus arctos) from Mont Ventoux (France) using bone collagen stable isotope biogeochemistry ( 13 C, 15 N) |
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Bocherens, Hervé Argant, Alain Argant, Jacqueline Billiou, Daniel Crégut-Bonnoure, Evelyne Donat-Ayache, Bernadette Philippe, Michel Thinon, Michel |
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Diet reconstruction of ancient brown bears ( Ursus arctos) from Mont Ventoux (France) using bone collagen stable isotope biogeochemistry ( 13 C, 15 N) |
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Diet reconstruction of ancient brown bears ( Ursus arctos) from Mont Ventoux (France) using bone collagen stable isotope biogeochemistry ( 13 C, 15 N) |
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Diet reconstruction of ancient brown bears ( Ursus arctos) from Mont Ventoux (France) using bone collagen stable isotope biogeochemistry ( 13 C, 15 N) |
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Diet reconstruction of ancient brown bears ( Ursus arctos) from Mont Ventoux (France) using bone collagen stable isotope biogeochemistry ( 13 C, 15 N) |
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Diet reconstruction of ancient brown bears ( Ursus arctos) from Mont Ventoux (France) using bone collagen stable isotope biogeochemistry ( 13 C, 15 N) |
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diet reconstruction of ancient brown bears ( ursus arctos) from mont ventoux (france) using bone collagen stable isotope biogeochemistry ( 13 c, 15 n) |
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