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Staff :: Dr. Robert S Feranec

Name:
Feranec, Dr. Robert S  
Title:
Curator of Pleistocene Vertebrate Paleontology
Phone:
(518) 474-5819
E-Mail:
rferanec@mail.nysed.gov
Fax:
(518) 486-2034
Specialties:
Paleontology, isotopes
Departments:
Research & Collections :: Collections :: Biology
Research & Collections :: Research :: Biology
More Info:
http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/research_collections/research/labs/vertpaleo/


Publications(Click to Expand):
 
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DeSantis, L. R. G., Feranec, R. S., and MacFadden, B. J. 2009. Effects of Global Warming on Ancient Mammalian Communities and Their Environments. Plos One 4(6):e5750. doi:10.1371/journal.pone..

Feranec, R. S., Cryan, J. R., and Kirchman, J. J. 2009. Evolution Every Day. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 4(4):10-11.

Feranec, R. S. 2009. Evolution of Ecology in Mammals. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 4(4):13.

Garcia, N., Feranec, R., Arsuaga, J. L., Bermudez de Castro, J. M., and Carbonell, C. 2009. Isotopic Analysis of the Ecology of Herbivores and Carnivores from the Middle Pleistocene Deposits of the Sierra de Atapuerca, Northern Spain. Journal of Archaeological Science 36:1142-1151.

Hart, J. P., Urquhart, G. R., Feranec, R. S., and Lovis, W. A. 2009. Non-linear Relationship Between Bulk d13C and Percent Maize in Carbonized Cooking Residues and the Potential of False-negatives in Detecting Maize. Journal of Archaeological Science 36:2206-2212.

Feranec, R. S., Hadley, E. A., and Paytan, A. 2009. Stable Isotopes Reveal Seasonal Competition for Resources Between Late Pleistocene Bison (Bison) and Horse (Equus) from Rancho La Brea, Southern California. Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology 271:153-160.

Blois, J.L., Feranec, R. S., and Hadly, E.A. 2008. Environmental Influences on Spatial and Temporal Patterns of Body-size Variation in California Ground Squirrels (Spermophilus beecheyi). Journal of Biogeography 35:602-613.

Feranec, R. S. 2008. Growth Differences in the Saber-Tooth of Three Field Species. Palaios 23:566-569.

Feranec, R. S. 2008. Mortal Combat: How the Cohoes Mastodon Died. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 4(1):7.

Feranec, R. S. 2008. Using Stable Isotopes as an Additional Tool to Understand Ancient Human Environments. Coloquios de Paleontologia 58:7-11.

Feranec, R. S. 2008. Who Dunnit? What Caused the End-Pleistocene Extinction in North America?. Dig 10(9):28-29.

Feranec, R.S., Hadly, E.A., and Paytan, A. 2007. Determining Landscape Use of Holocene Mammals Using Strontium Isotopes. Oecologia 153:943-950.

Feranec, R.S. 2007. Ecological Generalization During Adaptive Radiation: Evidence from Neogene Mammals. Evolutionary Ecology Research 9:555-577.

Feranec, R.S., Hadly, E.A., Blois, J.L., Barnosky, A.D., and Paytan, A. 2007. Radiocarbon Dates from the Pleistocene Fossil Deposits of Samwell Cave, Shasta County, California, USA. Radiocarbon 49(1):117-121.

Feranec, R.S. 2007. Stable Carbon Isotope Values Reveal Evidence of Resource Partitioning Among Ungulates from Modern C3-dominated Ecosystems in North America. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 252:575-585.

Feranec, R.S. 2006. My, What Big Teeth You Have!. Legacy: The Magazine of the New York State Museum 2(3):6.

Feranec, R. S. 2006. What Became of the MegaFauna?. American Scientist 94(3):279-280.

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