Researchers study isotopes in feces to discern mountain gorillas' diet
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 - 07:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
(Phys.org)—Researchers from several universities in the US have together found that it is possible to follow changes in a wild animal's diet over a single year period by studying isotopes in feces samples. The team used the technique, as they write in their paper published recently in the journal PNAS, to study the diet of wild mountain gorillas in Uganda.