Late Pleistocene climate and proboscidean paleoecology in North America: Insights from stable isotope compositions of skeletal remains

• Main Author: Metcalfe, Jessica Z
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Scholarship@Western 2011
• Subjects: stable isotopes; mammoth; mastodon; Pleistocene; enamel; bone; dentin; cementum; environmental niche; seasonality; paleoclimate; paleoecology; Arizona; San Pedro Valley; Great Lakes; Ontario; New York; Alberta; Yukon; British Columbia; Mammuthus; Mammut; proboscidean; Biogeochemistry; Canada; Old Crow
• Online Access: https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/194; https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/context/etd/article/1295/viewcontent/Metcalfe_PhD_Thesis_Final_Version_1.pdf

This thesis uses the carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen isotope compositions of mammoth (Mammuthus) and mastodon (Mammut) skeletal remains to reconstruct paleoclimate and paleoecology in Late Pleistocene North America. Analytical methods, sampling strategies, environmental adaptations and seasonal behavio...