Late Quaternary millennial-scale stability of the feeding strategy of the gray brocket deer in Southeastern Brazil.
William J. Pestle, Alex Hubbe, Mark Hübbe, Avaaz Amirali, Eliane Nunes Chim, Rodrigo Elias Oliveira, Eluzai Dinai Pinto Sandoval, Lorena Becerra-Valdivia, José Maurício Barbanti Duarte, Walter Alves Neves
This study uses stable isotope analysis of dental enamel to show that gray brocket deer in the Cerrado biome maintained a browsing diet from the Late Pleistocene to Holocene despite climatic changes.
bioRxiv · Nov 8, 2024 · PreprintPaleontology