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Stable isotopes

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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Unveiling the trophic dynamics and ecological roles of demersal fish in Hong Kong: A metabarcoding and isotope analysis approach

Hei-Ching Wong, Chun-Ming How, Kelly Su, Leyi Xi, Chien-Hsiang Lin, Ming-Tsung Chung, Jian-Wen Qiu, Chris Kong-Chu Wong, Jill Man-Ying Chiu

published 13 Nov 2025

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Trophic niche variation across the pan-Arctic coastal continuum

Nathan D. McTigue, Katrin Iken, Ashley Ehrman, Bodil A. Bluhm, Guillaume Bridier, Rolf Gradinger, Joanna Legeżyńska, Maeve McGovern, Bailey McMeans, Frédéric Olivier, Amanda Poste, Paul E. Renaud, Virginie Roy, Janne E. Søreide, Maria Włodarska-Kowalczuk, Kenneth H. Dunton

published 04 Nov 2025

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Multidisciplinary study of human remains from the 3rd century mass grave in the Roman city of Mursa, Croatia

Mario Novak, Orhan Efe Yavuz, Mario Carić, Slavica Filipović, Cosimo Posth

published 15 Oct 2025

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Tritium contamination and hydrological transport in the Shagan River: An isotope hydrology study

Togzhan Toktaganov, Ainur Mamyrbayeva, Аssan Aidarkhanov, Almira Aidarkhanova, Almira Raimkanova

published 09 Oct 2025

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The blood-sucking tick Ixodes hexagonus reveals dietary stable isotope signatures of mammalian hosts

Gaia G. Mortier, Stuart Black, Andrew C. Kitchener, Katherine A. Sainsbury, Robbie A. McDonald, Georg Hantke, M. Alejandra Perotti

published 03 Jul 2025

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