A mammoth task: stable isotope analyses as a tool to prevent illegal trade of elephant ivory

A mammoth task: stable isotope analyses as a tool to prevent illegal trade of elephant ivory

Although mammoth ivory was claimed as a substitute to elephant ivory, there are several issues with the current methods to differentiate the two ivory, which provided a loophole to laundering and illegal trade. To contribute to developing efficient tools to distinguish ivory samples, we applied a re...

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Main Authors: Maria E. A. Santos, Pavel Toropov, Pihu Agarwal, Pierre Archimede Jonathan Frichot, Hannah Bethany Tilley, Wilson Wan Zhongyue, Jovy Chan, David Michael Baker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
conservation forensics
illegal trade
laundering
mammoth
stable isotope analyses
permafrost
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2025.1533703/full
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