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Neither fish nor fowl. Isotopic evidence of a plant-based diet in (captive?) brown bears from Roman Augusta Raurica, Switzerland
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Gerling, Claudia (2023): Neither fish nor fowl. Isotopic evidence of a plant-based diet in (captive?) brown bears from Roman Augusta Raurica, Switzerland. Anthropozoologica 58 (5): 59-72, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2023v58a5
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