Human and Canid Dietary Relationships
Comparative Stable Isotope Analysis From the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18969873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Catherine F West (0000-0001-5177-9235, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), C A M France (0000-0001-9133-9058, Schlumberger (Ireland), corresponding author), Christine A France |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 519-535 |
| Publication date | 2015-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Ethnobiology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0278-0771 • E-ISSN: 2162-4496 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2993/etbi-35-03-519-535.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2174855259 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 47 |
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes are used to address the dietary relationship between humans and two canid species at the Uyak site (KOD-145) on Kodiak Island, Alaska: dog (Canis familiaris) and red fox (Vulpes vulpes). We assess the relative contribution of marine and terrestrial protein to each species’ diet as a measure of their dietary relationship to people, using zooarchaeological data, food web data, and ethnohistoric observations to interpret the results. The results suggest that dogs and foxes had different diets: the dogs are consistently enriched in both 13C and 15N, which indicates a heavy dependence on marine protein, while the fox samples produced both marine and terrestrial isotope values. Data from this project have the potential to expand our understanding of human-canid relationships in this island environment and in the greater context of island ecology, and contribute some of the first isotopic data for small terrestrial mammals in the Gulf of Alaska
Archaeology · Archipelago · Biology · Canis · Geography · Isotope analysis · Predation · Stable isotope ratio · Vulpes · δ13C · δ15N · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Marine animal studies overview · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Ecology
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
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| Citations per year | 1.4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |