Using stable-isotope analysis of feathers to distinguish moulting and breeding origins of seabirds

Oecologia

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 155-162

  Cherel, Yves ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Weimerskirch, Henri ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albatross; Carbon; Diomedea melanophrys; Kerguelen; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

FEATHER; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MOLT; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

INDIAN OCEAN; KERGUELEN ISLANDS;

DIOMEDEA MELANOPHRYS;

EID: 0033952233     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00008843     Document Type: Article

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