Natural abundance variations in stable isotopes and their potential uses in animal physiological ecology

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 725-737

  Gannes, Leonard Z ^a   Del Rio, Carlos Martínez ^b,d   Koch, Paul ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Diet; Movement; Nitrogen; Nutrient allocation; Protein balance; Protein turnover

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032033235     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(98)01016-2     Document Type: Review

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