Combining a published dataset of stable carbon isotopes from herbivore tooth enamel with multidecadal Landsat estimates of C3 woody cover across 30 African ecosystems, the authors show that there is little relationship between intrataxonomic variation in δ13C enamel and vegetation structure, leading them to recommend a community-level approach for making vegetation inferences.
- Joshua R. Robinson
- John Rowan
- Matt Sponheimer
