Stable isotopes and the metabolism of the European cave bear |
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| Authors: | D E Nelson A Angerbjörn K Lidén I Turk |
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| Institution: | (1) Archaeology Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A1S6 Canada, e-mail: Erle_Nelson@sfu.ca, CA;(2) Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden, SE;(3) Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden, SE;(4) Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Science and Arts, 61000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, |
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| Abstract: | Isotopic analyses of fossil bones of the extinct European cave bear indicate that this animal was a hibernator with the same
unusual metabolic processes as some modern bear species. This finding provides useful biological and archaeological information
on an extinct species, and the methods themselves may prove generally useful in studies of the metabolisms of modern bears,
other hibernators, and perhaps of starving animals.
Received: 6 October 1997 / Accepted: 31 March 1998 |
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| Keywords: | Carbon isotopes Nitrogen isotopes Cave bears Hibernation |
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