Lifetime mobility of an Arctic woolly mammoth

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Lifetime mobility of an Arctic woolly mammoth. / Wooller, Matthew J.; Bataille, Clement; Druckenmiller, Patrick et al.
In: Science, Vol. 373.2021, No. 6556, 13.08.2021, p. 806-808.

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Wooller, MJ, Bataille, C, Druckenmiller, P, Erickson, GM, Groves, P, Haubenstock, N, Howe, T, Irrgeher, J, Mann, D, Moon, K, Potter, BA, Prohaska, T, Rasic, J, Reuther, J, Shapiro, B, Spaleta, KJ & Willis, AD 2021, 'Lifetime mobility of an Arctic woolly mammoth', Science, vol. 373.2021, no. 6556, pp. 806-808. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg1134

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Wooller, M. J., Bataille, C., Druckenmiller, P., Erickson, G. M., Groves, P., Haubenstock, N., Howe, T., Irrgeher, J., Mann, D., Moon, K., Potter, B. A., Prohaska, T., Rasic, J., Reuther, J., Shapiro, B., Spaleta, K. J., & Willis, A. D. (2021). Lifetime mobility of an Arctic woolly mammoth. Science, 373.2021(6556), 806-808. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abg1134

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Wooller MJ, Bataille C, Druckenmiller P, Erickson GM, Groves P, Haubenstock N et al. Lifetime mobility of an Arctic woolly mammoth. Science. 2021 Aug 13;373.2021(6556):806-808. doi: 10.1126/science.abg1134

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Wooller, Matthew J. ; Bataille, Clement ; Druckenmiller, Patrick et al. / Lifetime mobility of an Arctic woolly mammoth. In: Science. 2021 ; Vol. 373.2021, No. 6556. pp. 806-808.

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title = "Lifetime mobility of an Arctic woolly mammoth",
abstract = "Little is known about woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) mobility and range. Here we use high temporal resolution sequential analyses of strontium isotope ratios along an entire 1.7-meter-long tusk to reconstruct the movements of an Arctic woolly mammoth that lived 17,100 years ago, during the last ice age. We use an isotope-guided random walk approach to compare the tusk's strontium and oxygen isotope profiles to isotopic maps. Our modeling reveals patterns of movement across a geographically extensive range during the animal's ~28-year life span that varied with life stages. Maintenance of this level of mobility by megafaunal species such as mammoth would have been increasingly difficult as the ice age ended and the environment changed at high latitudes.",
author = "Wooller, {Matthew J.} and Clement Bataille and Patrick Druckenmiller and Erickson, {Gregory M.} and Pamela Groves and Norma Haubenstock and Timothy Howe and Johanna Irrgeher and Daniel Mann and Katherine Moon and Potter, {Ben A.} and Thomas Prohaska and Jeffrey Rasic and Joshua Reuther and Beth Shapiro and Spaleta, {Karen J.} and Willis, {Amy D.}",
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AU - Bataille, Clement

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