February 2024 in “Scientific Reports” The wolves suspected of man-eating in the 1880s likely ate very little human flesh and mostly consumed a diet similar to herbivores and omnivores.
October 2024 in “Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry” This study suggests that the shoulder guard hair of captive sika deer is effective for hair analysis, providing insights into growth patterns and isotopic changes that could aid future research on wild deer using hair samples.
December 2024 in “Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB)” In this study, the authors found that the shoulder guard hair of captive sika deer most accurately reflects dietary information during winter coat growth, useful for analyzing wild deer hair samples.
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March 2013 in “Primates” In this study, the isotopic fractionation between tissues and diets of captive Japanese macaques was quantified, particularly noting hair's response to diet changes in controlled conditions, but these findings underscore the complexity of reconstructing long-term dietary history.
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December 2020 in “Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology” This study found that high-resolution tusk isotope profiles from an African elephant can serve as a proxy for the seasonality of diet and precipitation, helping to reconstruct vegetation and climate in modern and fossil ecosystems.