Hibernation can also cause high delta15N values in cave bears: a response to Richards et al

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Aurora Grandal d'Anglade et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008.

. 2008 Mar 18;105(11):E14; author reply E15.

doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800915105. Epub 2008 Mar 6.

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Isotopic evidence for omnivory among European cave bears: Late Pleistocene Ursus spelaeus from the Peştera cu Oase, Romania.
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