The isotopic ecology of East African mammals

Oecologia

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 395-406

  Ambrose, Stanley H ^a   DeNiro, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0022848787     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: 14321939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00377062     Document Type: Article

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