The prospects of poop: a review of past achievements and future possibilities in faecal isotope analysis

REB Reid, BE Crowley, RJ Haupt - Biological Reviews, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
What can the stable isotope values of human and animal faeces tell us? This often under‐
appreciated waste product is gaining recognition across a variety of disciplines. Faecal …

Late Quaternary changes in bat palaeobiodiversity and palaeobiogeography under climatic and anthropogenic pressure: new insights from Marie-Galante, Lesser …

E Stoetzel, A Royer, D Cochard, A Lenoble - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Data on Lesser Antillean Late Quaternary fossil bat assemblages remains limited,
leading to their general exclusion from studies focusing on Caribbean bat palaeobiodiversity …

Pollen, δ15N and δ13C guano-derived record of late Holocene vegetation and climate in the southern Carpathians, Romania

DM Cleary, A Feurdean, I Tanțău, FL Forray - Review of Palaeobotany …, 2019 - Elsevier
Two cores of bat guano were recovered from Topolnița and Gura Ponicovei Caves in the
south-west region of Romania and analyzed for δ 15 N, δ 13 C and pollen. Deposition of …

Interspecific competition in bats and diet shifts in response to white‐nose syndrome

DE Morningstar, CV Robinson, S Shokralla… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Since the introduction of white‐nose syndrome (WNS) in North America, numerous species
of bat have dwindled in numbers. These declines observed are often species‐specific and …

A high-resolution temporal record of environmental changes in the Eastern Caribbean (Guadeloupe) from 40 to 10 ka BP

A Royer, B Malaizé, C Lécuyer, A Queffelec… - Quaternary Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
In neotropical regions, fossil bat guano accumulated over time as laminated layers in caves,
hence providing a high-resolution temporal record of terrestrial environmental changes …

Effect of diet, anthropogenic activity, and climate on δ15N values of cave bat guano

DM Cleary, BP Onac, FL Forray, JG Wynn - Palaeogeography …, 2016 - Elsevier
Few studies have attributed δ 15 N values of guano to a factor other than diet. A δ 15 N
record obtained from a 1.5-m core of bat guano deposit from Zidită Cave (western Romania) …

Bat guano isotope systems (δ13C, δ15N, and δ2H) integrate environmental, climatic, and ecological signals

A Tsalickis, MN Waters, JW Campbell… - Quaternary Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Bat guano is an emergent paleoenvironmental archive and isotopic compositions of bat
guano have been tied to climate, vegetation, and trophic processing in isolated studies …

Stable isotope proxy records in tropical terrestrial environments

MI Bird, J Haig, X Hadeen, M Rivera-Araya… - Palaeogeography …, 2020 - Elsevier
The 'tropics' refers to an area that is loosely equatorial, characterized by relatively high
temperatures (at low altitude), comparatively low seasonal contrast in temperatures and …

A review of the magnetic susceptibility of guano deposits in caves

IA Sandi, MFA Fauzan, MJ Rampe… - Journal of Physics …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The study of environmental magnetic methods using magnetic susceptibility parameters in
cave guano deposits has not been widely discussed, especially in Indonesia. This method is …

Using ratios in cave guano to assess past environmental changes

DM Cleary, BP Onac - 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Stable isotope ratios of cave bat guano reflect environmental influences at the soil and plant
level within the foraging range of the bats. Carbon, nitrogen and hydrogen isotopes have …