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Stable isotopes

Identification of stress from incremental dentine stable isotope trends using linear enamel hypoplasia

Emma Smith, Angela Lamb, Linda Fibiger, Mario Šlaus, Anita Adamić Hadžić, Catriona Pickard

published 09 Oct 2026

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A high-resolution, multi-method palaeoenvironmental record from pan sediments at Maralaleng Pan, southern Kalahari basin

Inèz Faul, Taylor Grandfield, Chris Green, Elena A. Hensel-Karamalakidou, Phillip Segadika, Rowena Winterhalder, Sarah Mothulatshipi, Stefan Dreibrodt, Nils Andersen, Marine Frouin, Michaela Ecker

published 17 Sep 2026

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Profiling the diets of Classic Maya communities living in Southeastern Petén through stable isotope analysis

Gloria Ivonne Hernández Bolio, Nadia Neff, Keith Prufer, Patricia Quintana, Viorel Atudorei, Mara Reyes, Lilian Corzo, Vera Tiesler

published 22 Jul 2026

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Analyses of eye lens stable isotopes across ontogeny of trophically diverse freshwater salmonids

Glenn T. Schumacher, Ernst B. Peebles, Nathan B. Furey, Michael T. Kinnison, Gregory R. Kronisch, Christina A. Murphy

published 15 May 2026

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The application of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes to assess the feeding ecology of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) in Scotland

Anna Sophie Kebke, Tessa Plint, José Antonio Canseco, Nicholas J. Davison, Mariel T.I. ten Doeschate, Sascha K. Hooker, Clayton R. Magill, Silvia S. Monteiro, Rona McGill, Jason Newton, Clive Trueman, Andrew Brownlow

published 29 Apr 2026

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Seasonality and mobility: An Integrative framework for reconstructing Kura-Araxes pastoral systems at Maxta I, Nakhchivan

Gwendoline Maurer, Delphine Frémondeau, Narmin Ismayilova, Safar Ashurov, Veli Bakhshaliyev, Fidan Khalafova Aliyeva, Alexandra Nederbragt, Anne-Lise Jourdan, David Wengrow, Rachel Wood, Louise Martin, Rhiannon E. Stevens

published 16 Apr 2026

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Validating self-reported exclusive breastfeeding in Eswatini using stable isotope techniques

Kwanele Siyabonga Simelane, Tholakele Mhlanga, Nhlakanipho Sandziso Mkhaliphi, Siniketiwe Zwane, Glorious Dlamini, Henry Gadaga, Helen Mulol, Anna Coutsoudis

published 15 Apr 2026

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New insights into the feeding behaviour of the Japanese squid Todarodes pacificus paralarvae, and a combined analysis of metagenome and amino acid isotope ratios

Kohsuke Adachi, Yoshito Chikaraishi, Sinpei Nomura, Naoko Goto-Inoue, Nobuhiro Zaima, Yuki Kuriya, Michihiro Araki, Katsuji Morioka, Takashi Yanagimoto, Mitsuhiro Nakaya, Jun Yamamoto

published 16 Mar 2026

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Retrospective isotope monitoring reveals spatial and temporal effects of anthropogenic pressures on the trophic ecology of European wildcats (Felis silvestris) in Germany

Chris Baumann, Sabrina Streif, Ayenne S. Akarsu, Carsten Nowak, Dorothée G. Drucker

published 25 Feb 2026

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Stable isotope evidence of anthropocene disruption in African softshell turtle foraging

Willemien de Kock, Marcel T. J. van der Meer, Ronald van Bommel, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Matthew Von Tersch, Morten E. Allentoft, Meaghan Mackie, Max Ramsøe, Matthew Collins, Michelle Alexander, Per J. Palsbøll, Canan Çakırlar, Oguz Turkozan

published 11 Feb 2026

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Regional variations in the diet of the South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki) in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica

Jihee Kim, Youmin Kim, Jong-U. Kim, Younggeun Oh, Jeong-Hoon Kim

published 09 Feb 2026

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Fed the same way? Exploring the influence of breastfeeding, weaning, and childhood diet on adult sex ratios through stable isotope analysis of incremental dentine in Medieval Tuscany, Italy (11^th–15^th c. CE)

Alessio Amaro, Antonio Fornaciari, Valentina Giuffra, Sang-Tae Kim, Martin Knyf, Paul Szpak, Bonnie Kahlon, Tracy L. Prowse

published 21 Jan 2026

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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in fish collected from the Rio Grande and reservoirs in northern New Mexico

Justin Clements, Jenna Stanek, Cyler Conrad, Jessica Celmer, Hanna Mora, Zachary Jones, Kylie Gallegos, Chauncey Gadek, Shannon Gaukler

published 19 Nov 2025

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