Email this article Nutrition of the small cave bear (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae, Ursus (Spelaearctos) rossicus Borissak, 1930) in the Urals according to the results of the analysis of 13С and 15N isotopes in bone collagen
- Authors: Косинцев П.А.1, Konovalova K.Y.1, Simonova G.V.1
-
Affiliations:
- Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
- Issue: Vol 514, No 1 (2024)
- Pages: 26-30
- Section: Articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2686-7389/article/view/258931
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.31857/S2686738924010059
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/KVRAXU
- ID: 258931
Cite item
Open Access
Access granted
Abstract
An analysis of data on the content of 13C and 15N isotopes in the collagen of the bones of the small cave bear (Ursus (S.) rossicus Borissak, 1930) from localities in the Middle and Southern Urals was carried out. The bones date from the Interglacial (MIS 5) and Glacial (MIS 3) periods. The bones of males and females aged 3 years, 4 years and older than 4 years were studied. Sexual, geographical and chronological differences in the content of 13C and 15N isotopes were studied. Notable gender, geographic, and chronological differences between samples are shown. In the Middle Urals, during the interglacial period, females led a more predatory lifestyle than males, and during the transition to the glacial period, the trophic niches of males and females converged due to an increase in herbivory. During the interglacial period in the Southern Urals, males led a more predatory lifestyle than in the Middle Urals. In the Southern Urals, during this transition, the scale of changes in δ13C and δ15N values corresponds to the scale of differences between trophic levels.
Keywords
Full Text
About the authors
П. А. Косинцев
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Author for correspondence.
Email: kpa@ipae.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg
K. Yu. Konovalova
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: kpa@ipae.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg
G. V. Simonova
Institute of Plant and Animal Ecology, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences
Email: kpa@ipae.uran.ru
Russian Federation, Yekaterinburg
References
- DeNiro M. J. Postmortem preservation and alteration of in vivo bone collagen isotope ratios in relation to palaeodietary reconstruction // Nature. 1985. V. 317. № 31. P. 806–809.
- DeNiro M.J., Epstein S. Influence of diet on the distribution of carbon isotopes in animals // Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 1978. V. 42. № 5. P. 495–506.
- Bocherens H., Drucker D. Trophic level isotopic enrichment of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen: case studies from recent and ancient terrestrial ecosystems // International J. of Osteoarchaeol. 2003. V. 13. № 1/2. P. 46–53.
- Bocherens H. Isotopic insights on cave bear palaeodiet // Historical Biology. 2019. V. 31. № 4. P. 410–421.
- Косинцев П. А., Симонова Г. В., Коновалова К. Ю. Первые данные о питании уральского пещерного медведя (Mammalia, Carnivora, Ursidae, Ursus (spelaearctos) kanivetz Verestchagin, 1973) по результатам анализа изотопов13С и 15N // Доклады Российской академии наук. Науки о жизни. 2023. Т. 510. № 1. С. 288–291.
- Силаев В. И., Паршукова М. Н., Гимранов Д. О. и др. Минералого-геохимические особенности пещерной фоссилизации ископаемых костей на примере пещеры Иманай (Южный Урал) // Вестник Пермского университета. Геология. 2020. Т. 19. № 4. С. 323–358.
- Gimranov D., Bocherens H., Kavcik-Graumann N. et al. The cave bears from Imanay Cave (Southern Urals, Russia) // Historical Biology. 2022. P. 1–9.
- Vereschagin N., Baryshnikov G. Small cave bear Ursus (Spelearctos) rossicus uralensis from the Kizel Cave in the Ural (Russia) // Geoloski zborn. 2000. № 15. P. 53–66.
- Barlow A., Paijmans J. L.A., Federica A., et al. Middle Pleistocene genome calibrates a revised evolutionary history of extinct cave bears // Current Biology. 2021. V. 31. № 8. P. 1771–1779.
- Fadeeva T. V., Kosintsev P. A., Lapteva E. G. et al. Makhnevskaya Ledyanaya Cave (Middle Urals, Russia): Biostratigraphical reconstruction // Quaternary International. 2020. V. 546. P. 135–151.
- Pacher M., Stuart A. J. Extinction chronology and palaeobiology of the cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) // Boreas. 2008 V. 38. P. 189–206.
- Kosintsev P. A., Yakovlev A. G., Plasteeva N. A., et al. Mammalian fauna of the late pleistocene from the Barsuchiy Dol cave (Southern Urals) // Russian Journal of Theriology. 2022. V. 21. № 2. P. 180–191.
- Гимранов Д. О., Косинцев П. А. Пещерные медведи (Ursus spelaeus sensu lato) Урала // Палеонтологический журнал. 2022. № 1. С. 97–106.
- Воробьев А. А. Размеры длинных трубчатых костей большого пещерного медведя Среднего Урала // Современные проблемы популяционной, исторической и прикладной экологии: Материалы конференции молодых ученых; 23–27 апреля 2001. Екатеринбург, 2001. С. 38–41.
- Воробьев А. А. Этапы постнатального онтогенеза скелета большого пещерного медведя // Биота горных территорий: История и соврем. состояние: Материалы конференции молодых ученых; 15–19 апреля 2002 г. Екатеринбург: Академкнига, 2002. С. 22–28.
- Косинцев П. А., Воробьев А. А. Биология большого пещерного медведя (Ursus spelaeus Ros. et Hein.) на Урале // Мамонт и его окружение: 200 лет изучения / под ред. Ю. А. Розанова. М.: Геос, 2001. С. 266–278.
- Fosse P., Cregut-Bonnoure E. Ontogeny/growth of (sub)modern brown bear (Ursus arctos) skeleton: A guideline to appraise seasonality for cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) sites? // Quaternary International. 2014. V. 339–340. P. 275–288
- Chisholm B. S. Variation in Diet Reconstructions Based on Stable Carbon Isotopic Evidence // The Chemistry of Prehistoric Human Bone. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1989. P. 10–37.
- Bocherens H., Billiou D., Patou-Mathis M., Bonjean D., Otte M., Mariotti A. Paleobiological implications of the isotopic signatures (13C, 15N) of fossil mammal collagen in Scladina Cave [Sclayn, Belgium] // Quaternary Research. 1997. V. 48. № 3. P. 370–380.
Supplementary files
