title: Stable isotopes and the metabolism of the European cave bear.
abstract: Isotopic analyses of fossil bones of the extinct European cave bear indicate that this animal was a hibernator with the same unusual metabolic processes as some modern bear species. This finding provides useful biological and archaeological information on an extinct species, and the methods themselves may prove generally useful in studies of the metabolisms of modern bears, other hibernators, and perhaps of starving animals.
authors.affiliation: Archaeology Department, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, V5A1S6 Canada, e-mail: Erle_Nelson@sfu.ca, , , , , , CA.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.affiliation: Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden, , , , , , SE.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angerbjörn
authors.affiliation: Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-10691, Stockholm, Sweden, , , , , , SE.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lidén
authors.affiliation: Scientific Research Centre of the Slovene Academy of Science and Arts, 61000 Ljubljana, Slovenia, , , ,.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Turk
keywords: Cave bears; Hibernation; Key words Carbon isotopes; Nitrogen isotopes