Rancho La Brea stable isotope biogeochemistry and its implications for the palaeoecology of late Pleistocene, coastal southern California

2004/02/24 by Joan Brenner Coltrain, John M. Harris, John Harris +7 · 19 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · Social Sciences · #Archaeology and ancient environmental studies #Biogeochemistry #Biology #Carnivore #Ecology #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Isotope analysis #Isotopes of nitrogen #Megafauna #Paleoecology #Paleontology #Pleistocene #Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology #Population #Predation #Stable isotope ratio #Vegetation (pathology) #δ13C #δ15N

paper · doi:10.1016/j.palaeo.2003.12.008

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• Nitrogen isotopes in mammalian herbivores: hair δ15N values from a controlled feeding study
• Molecular phylogenetic inference from saber-toothed cat fossils of Rancho La Brea.
• Molar microwear and diet in large carnivores: inferences concerning diet in the sabretooth cat,Smilodon fatalis
• ISOTOPIC RECONSTRUCTION OF PAST CONTINENTAL ENVIRONMENTS

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• Stable isotopes reveal seasonal competition for resources between late Pleistocene bison (Bison) and horse (Equus) from Rancho La Brea, southern California
• First osteohistological and histotaphonomic approach of Equus occidentalis Leidy, 1865 (Mammalia, Equidae) from the late Pleistocene of Rancho La Brea (California, USA)
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• Attempted DNA extraction from a Rancho La Brea Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi): prospects for ancient DNA from asphalt deposits
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