Giant Beaver Palaeoecology Inferred from Stable Isotopes
This is a multi-individual (n = 11), stable carbon and nitrogen isotope study of bone collagen (δ13Ccol and δ15Ncol) from the giant beaver (genus Castoroides). The now-extinct giant beaver was once one of the most widespread Pleistocene megafauna in North America. We confirm that Castoroides consume...
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ftunivwestonta:oai:ir.lib.uwo.ca:earthpub-1035 2023-10-01T03:56:41+02:00 Giant Beaver Palaeoecology Inferred from Stable Isotopes Plint, Tessa Longstaffe, Fred J Zazula, Grant 2019-05-01T07:00:00Z application/pdf https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/earthpub/33 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43710-9 https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/earthpub/article/1035/viewcontent/Plint__T._et_al.__2019_.pdf unknown Scholarship@Western https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/earthpub/33 doi:10.1038/s41598-019-43710-9 https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/earthpub/article/1035/viewcontent/Plint__T._et_al.__2019_.pdf Earth Sciences Publications Castoroides giant beaver stable isotopes palaeoecology Pleistocene North America Earth Sciences Geochemistry Natural Resources and Conservation Other Environmental Sciences Paleobiology article 2019 ftunivwestonta https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43710-9 2023-09-03T07:02:44Z This is a multi-individual (n = 11), stable carbon and nitrogen isotope study of bone collagen (δ13Ccol and δ15Ncol) from the giant beaver (genus Castoroides). The now-extinct giant beaver was once one of the most widespread Pleistocene megafauna in North America. We confirm that Castoroides consumed a diet of predominantly submerged aquatic macrophytes. These dietary preferences rendered the giant beaver highly dependent on wetland habitat for survival. Castoroides’ δ13Ccol and δ15Ncol do not support the hypothesis that the giant beaver consumed trees or woody plants, which suggests that it did not share the same behaviours as Castor (i.e., tree-cutting and harvesting). The onset of warmer, more arid conditions likely contributed to the extinction of Castoroides. Six new radiocarbon dates help establish the chronology of the northward dispersal of the giant beaver in Beringia, indicating a correlation with ice sheet retreat. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ice Sheet Beringia The University of Western Ontario: Scholarship@Western Scientific Reports 9 1 |
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This is a multi-individual (n = 11), stable carbon and nitrogen isotope study of bone collagen (δ13Ccol and δ15Ncol) from the giant beaver (genus Castoroides). The now-extinct giant beaver was once one of the most widespread Pleistocene megafauna in North America. We confirm that Castoroides consumed a diet of predominantly submerged aquatic macrophytes. These dietary preferences rendered the giant beaver highly dependent on wetland habitat for survival. Castoroides’ δ13Ccol and δ15Ncol do not support the hypothesis that the giant beaver consumed trees or woody plants, which suggests that it did not share the same behaviours as Castor (i.e., tree-cutting and harvesting). The onset of warmer, more arid conditions likely contributed to the extinction of Castoroides. Six new radiocarbon dates help establish the chronology of the northward dispersal of the giant beaver in Beringia, indicating a correlation with ice sheet retreat. |
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Giant Beaver Palaeoecology Inferred from Stable Isotopes |
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Giant Beaver Palaeoecology Inferred from Stable Isotopes |
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Giant Beaver Palaeoecology Inferred from Stable Isotopes |
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Giant Beaver Palaeoecology Inferred from Stable Isotopes |
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Giant Beaver Palaeoecology Inferred from Stable Isotopes |
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