Cave lion: Isotopes and dietary paleoecology
The dietary preferences of Late Pleistocene cave lions in the mammoth steppe have been investigated using carbon and nitrogen isotopes of bone collagen. This study based on a review of published data and newly measured ones covers a wide area from Western Europe to Alaska and shows that reindeer was...
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| description | The dietary preferences of Late Pleistocene cave lions in the mammoth steppe have been investigated using carbon and nitrogen isotopes of bone collagen. This study based on a review of published data and newly measured ones covers a wide area from Western Europe to Alaska and shows that reindeer was a preferred prey for most analyzed specimens, with some individuals in Western Europe and possibly in Urals showing a preference for cave bears as prey. The scattering of the isotopic data suggests a solitary way of life for cave lions, and competition with other predators such as cave hyena and brown bear, maybe less marked in Eastern Siberia where hyena was absent. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1fda9371d0ae40e08cb6c99e9ff0962c2025-08-20T03:42:43ZengElsevierEarth History and Biodiversity2950-47592025-03-01310001510.1016/j.hisbio.2024.100015Cave lion: Isotopes and dietary paleoecologyHervé Bocherens0Irina V. Kirillova1Department of Geosciences, Biogeology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Tübingen, Germany; Correspondence to: University of Tübingen, Department of Geosciences, Hölderlinstrasse 12, Tübingen 72074, Germany.Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RussiaThe dietary preferences of Late Pleistocene cave lions in the mammoth steppe have been investigated using carbon and nitrogen isotopes of bone collagen. This study based on a review of published data and newly measured ones covers a wide area from Western Europe to Alaska and shows that reindeer was a preferred prey for most analyzed specimens, with some individuals in Western Europe and possibly in Urals showing a preference for cave bears as prey. The scattering of the isotopic data suggests a solitary way of life for cave lions, and competition with other predators such as cave hyena and brown bear, maybe less marked in Eastern Siberia where hyena was absent.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2950475924000157Panthera spelaeaCarbon isotopesNitrogen isotopesPaleodietPaleoecology |
| spellingShingle | Hervé Bocherens Irina V. Kirillova Cave lion: Isotopes and dietary paleoecology Earth History and Biodiversity Panthera spelaea Carbon isotopes Nitrogen isotopes Paleodiet Paleoecology |
| title | Cave lion: Isotopes and dietary paleoecology |
| title_full | Cave lion: Isotopes and dietary paleoecology |
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| title_short | Cave lion: Isotopes and dietary paleoecology |
| title_sort | cave lion isotopes and dietary paleoecology |
| topic | Panthera spelaea Carbon isotopes Nitrogen isotopes Paleodiet Paleoecology |
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