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Abstract:

The use of stable carbon isotopes as dietary tracers is an application that is widening its scope within the fields of ecology and paleoecology. Although hair is potentially one of the most favorable animal tissues for isotopic measurement for dietary studies, this tissue is rarely included in research works. This may be due to the fact that many aspects related to hair tissue are not fully understood, especially in the case of wild animals whose diets consist of plants with contrasting 13C/12C ratios, their abundance depending on seasonality. The present isotopic study of hair from animals inhabiting the Andes in northwestern Argentina, at heights ranging from 3500 to about 5000 in above sea level (asl) shows that 1) δ 13C values measured on hair from herbivores with a mixed and isotopically contrasting diet, and from their carnivorous predators, differ in their respective trophic levels, 2) in primary consumers, different types of hair from the same individual have different δ13C values, whereas hair values are homogeneous in carnivores, and 3) some types of hair from rodents, such as whiskers, show δ13C values similar to those of less metabolically active tissues such as bone collagen.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Stable carbon isotope measurements on hair from wild animals from altiplanic environments of Jujuy, Argentina
Autor:Panarello, H.O.; Fernández C, J.
Filiación:Inst. de Geocronol./Geol. Isotopica, CONICET, Pabellón INGEIS, Ciudad Universitaria, (1428) Buenos Aires, Argentina
CONICET, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia, 3 de Febrero 1370, (1426) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:carbon 13; carbon isotope; diet; hair; isotopic analysis; stable isotope; tracer; animal food; animal tissue; Argentina; Artiodactyla; carnivore; conference paper; dietary intake; ecology; hair analysis; herbivory; nonhuman; paleoecology; trophic level; Argentina; Jujuy Province
Año:2002
Volumen:44
Número:3
Página de inicio:709
Página de fin:716
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200032161
Título revista:Radiocarbon
Título revista abreviado:Radiocarbon
ISSN:00338222
CODEN:RACAA
CAS:carbon 13, 14762-74-4
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00338222_v44_n3_p709_Panarello

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Citas:

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Panarello, H.O. & Fernández C, J. (2002) . Stable carbon isotope measurements on hair from wild animals from altiplanic environments of Jujuy, Argentina. Radiocarbon, 44(3), 709-716.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200032161
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Panarello, H.O., Fernández C, J. "Stable carbon isotope measurements on hair from wild animals from altiplanic environments of Jujuy, Argentina" . Radiocarbon 44, no. 3 (2002) : 709-716.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200032161
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Panarello, H.O., Fernández C, J. "Stable carbon isotope measurements on hair from wild animals from altiplanic environments of Jujuy, Argentina" . Radiocarbon, vol. 44, no. 3, 2002, pp. 709-716.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200032161
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Panarello, H.O., Fernández C, J. Stable carbon isotope measurements on hair from wild animals from altiplanic environments of Jujuy, Argentina. Radiocarbon. 2002;44(3):709-716.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033822200032161