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Humans (publications in chronological order)

337. Williams, D.G., J.B. Coltrain, M. Lott, N.B. English, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2005. Oxygen isotopes in cellulose identify source water for archaeological maize in the American Southwest. Journal of Archaeological Science 32:931-939. PDF

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Ehleringer, J.R., G.J. Bowen, L.A. Chesson, A.G. West, D. Podlesak, and T.E. Cerling. 2008. Hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in human hair are related to geography. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105:2788-2793. PDF

398. Bowen, G.J., J.R. Ehleringer, L.A. Chesson, A. Thompson, D. Podlesak, and T.E. Cerling. 2009. Dietary and physiological controls on the hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios of hair from mid-20th century indigenous populations. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 139:494-504. doi:10.1002/ajpa.21008. PDF

415. O’Grady, S.P., A.R. Wende, C.H. Remien, L.O. Valenzuela, L.E. Enright, L.A. Chesson, E.D. Abel, T.E. Cerling, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2010. The stable isotope signature of body water as a biomarker of aberrant water homeostasis: diabetes mellitus, an index case. PLoS ONE 5(7):e11699. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011699. PDF

421. O’Grady, S.P., L.E. Enright, J.E. Barnette, T.E. Cerling, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2010. Accuracy and precision of a laser-spectroscopy approach to the analysis of d2H and d18O in human urine. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 46:476-483. PDF

432. Chesson, L.A., L.O. Valenzuela, G.J. Bowen, T.E. Cerling, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2011. Consistent predictable patterns in the hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope ratios of animal proteins consumed by modern humans in the USA. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 25:3713-3722. PDF

434. Podlesak, D.W., G.J. Bowen, S. O’Grady, T.E. Cerling, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2012. d2H and d18O of human body water: a GIS model to distinguish residents from non-residents in the contiguous USA. Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies 48:259-279. doi:10.1080/10256016.2012.644283. PDF

435. Valenzuela, L.O., L.A. Chesson, G.J. Bowen, T.E. Cerling, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2012. Dietary heterogeneity among western industrialized countries reflected in the stable isotope ratios of human hair. PLoS ONE 7(3):e34234. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034234. PDF

​491. Chesson, L.A., B.J. Tipple, J.R. Ehleringer, T. Park, and E.J. Bartelink. 2018. Forensic applications of isotope landscapes (‘isoscapes’): a tool for predicting region-of-origin in forensic anthropology cases, pages 127-148. Chapter 8. In C.C. Boyd and D.C. Boyd (eds.), Forensic Anthropology: Theoretical Framework and Scientific Basis. John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., New York. PDF

514. Valenzuela, L.O., L.A. Chesson, G. Bowen, T.E. Cerling, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2020. Spatial distribution of stable isotopes values of human hair: tools for region of origin and travel history assignment. In R. Parra, S.C. Zapico, and D.H. Ubelaker (editor), Forensic science and humanitarian action: Interacting with the dead and the living. John Wiley & Sons Ltd., New York. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119482062.ch25. PDF

516. Nardoto, G.B., J.P. Sena-Souza, T.B. Kisaka, F.J. Viana Costa, P.J. Duarte-Neto, J.R. Ehleringer, and L.A. Martinelli. 2020. Increased carbon isotope ratios of Brazilian fingernails are correlated with increases in socioeconomic status. npj Science of Food 4:9. https://Doi.org/10.1038/s41538- 020-0069-1. PDF

518. Ehleringer, J.R., S. Covarrubias, B.J. Tipple, L.O. Valenzuela, and T. E. Cerling. 2020. Stable isotopes in hair reveal dietary protein sources with links to socioeconomic status and health across the United States. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 117:20044- 20051. http://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1914087117. PDF

524. Valenzuela, L.O., S.P. O’Grady, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2021. Variations in human body water isotope composition across the United States. Forensic Science International 327:110990. https://doi.org/j.forsciint.2021.110990. PDF
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526. Mancuso, C.J., C.M. Cornwall, S. Robinson, L.O. Valenzuela, and J.R. Ehleringer. 2021. Breath stable isotope analysis serves as a non-invasive analytical tool to demonstrate dietary changes in adolescent students over time. Frontiers in Medicine 8:697557.  PDF


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Main topics

Ecology

Physiology

​Environmental drivers influencing populations and evolution

Forensics & humans