• DOI:10.5710/AMGH.02.06.2015.2842
Corpus ID: 87012003

Diet and Habitat for Six American Pleistocene Proboscidean Species Using Carbon and Oxygen Stable Isotopes

@article{PrezCrespo2016DietAH,
  title={Diet and Habitat for Six American Pleistocene Proboscidean Species Using Carbon and Oxygen Stable Isotopes},
  author={V. A. P{\'e}rez-Crespo and J. L. Prado and M. T. Alberdi and J. Arroyo-Cabrales and E. Johnson},
  journal={Ameghiniana},
  year={2016},
  volume={53},
  pages={39 - 51}
}

V. A. Pérez-Crespo, J. L. Prado, +2 authors E. Johnson

Published 2016

Biology

Ameghiniana

Abstract. Diet and habitat were estimated, based on stable isotopes, for six species of proboscideans inhabiting the Americas during the Pleistocene. In North America, Mammuthus columbi (Elephantidae) was a mixed C3/C4 herbivore inhabiting open areas, while Mammut americanum (Mammutidae) fed exclusively on C3 plants and preferred closed areas. In contrast, members of the family Gomphotheriidae showed a wide range of food preference and habitats. This is the case of Cuvieronius tropicus, a… CONTINUE READING

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