Environmental factors shaping stable isotope signatures of modern red deer (Cervus elaphus) inhabiting various habitats.

Stable isotope analyses of bone collagen are often used in palaeoecological studies to reveal environmental conditions in the habitats of different herbivore species. However, such studies require valuable reference data, obtained from analyses of modern individuals, in habitats of well-known condit...

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Autores principales:	Maciej Sykut, Sławomira Pawełczyk, Tomasz Borowik, Boštjan Pokorny, Katarina Flajšman, Tjibbe Hunink, Magdalena Niedziałkowska
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:899c3b10e495459b919f92e46d86e0e92021-12-02T20:18:11ZEnvironmental factors shaping stable isotope signatures of modern red deer (Cervus elaphus) inhabiting various habitats.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0255398https://doaj.org/article/899c3b10e495459b919f92e46d86e0e92021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255398https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Stable isotope analyses of bone collagen are often used in palaeoecological studies to reveal environmental conditions in the habitats of different herbivore species. However, such studies require valuable reference data, obtained from analyses of modern individuals, in habitats of well-known conditions. In this article, we present the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of bone collagen from modern red deer (N = 242 individuals) dwelling in various habitats (N = 15 study sites) in Europe. We investigated which of the selected climatic and environmental factors affected the δ13C and δ15N values in bone collagen of the studied specimens. Among all analyzed factors, the percent of forest cover influenced the carbon isotopic composition most significantly, and decreasing forest cover caused an increase in δ13C values. The δ15N was positively related to the proportion of open area and (only in the coastal areas) negatively related to the distance to the seashore. Using rigorous statistical methods and a large number of samples, we confirmed that δ13C and δ15N values can be used as a proxy of past habitats of red deer.Maciej SykutSławomira PawełczykTomasz BorowikBoštjan PokornyKatarina FlajšmanTjibbe HuninkMagdalena NiedziałkowskaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0255398 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Maciej Sykut Sławomira Pawełczyk Tomasz Borowik Boštjan Pokorny Katarina Flajšman Tjibbe Hunink Magdalena Niedziałkowska Environmental factors shaping stable isotope signatures of modern red deer (Cervus elaphus) inhabiting various habitats.
description	Stable isotope analyses of bone collagen are often used in palaeoecological studies to reveal environmental conditions in the habitats of different herbivore species. However, such studies require valuable reference data, obtained from analyses of modern individuals, in habitats of well-known conditions. In this article, we present the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope composition of bone collagen from modern red deer (N = 242 individuals) dwelling in various habitats (N = 15 study sites) in Europe. We investigated which of the selected climatic and environmental factors affected the δ13C and δ15N values in bone collagen of the studied specimens. Among all analyzed factors, the percent of forest cover influenced the carbon isotopic composition most significantly, and decreasing forest cover caused an increase in δ13C values. The δ15N was positively related to the proportion of open area and (only in the coastal areas) negatively related to the distance to the seashore. Using rigorous statistical methods and a large number of samples, we confirmed that δ13C and δ15N values can be used as a proxy of past habitats of red deer.
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author	Maciej Sykut Sławomira Pawełczyk Tomasz Borowik Boštjan Pokorny Katarina Flajšman Tjibbe Hunink Magdalena Niedziałkowska
author_facet	Maciej Sykut Sławomira Pawełczyk Tomasz Borowik Boštjan Pokorny Katarina Flajšman Tjibbe Hunink Magdalena Niedziałkowska
author_sort	Maciej Sykut
title	Environmental factors shaping stable isotope signatures of modern red deer (Cervus elaphus) inhabiting various habitats.
title_short	Environmental factors shaping stable isotope signatures of modern red deer (Cervus elaphus) inhabiting various habitats.
title_full	Environmental factors shaping stable isotope signatures of modern red deer (Cervus elaphus) inhabiting various habitats.
title_fullStr	Environmental factors shaping stable isotope signatures of modern red deer (Cervus elaphus) inhabiting various habitats.
title_full_unstemmed	Environmental factors shaping stable isotope signatures of modern red deer (Cervus elaphus) inhabiting various habitats.
title_sort	environmental factors shaping stable isotope signatures of modern red deer (cervus elaphus) inhabiting various habitats.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/899c3b10e495459b919f92e46d86e0e9
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Environmental factors shaping stable isotope signatures of modern red deer (Cervus elaphus) inhabiting various habitats.

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