Changes in Sr/Ca, Ba/Ca and 87Sr/86Sr ratios between trophic levels in two forest ecosystems in the northeastern U.S.A.

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-101

  Blum, Joel D ^a,b   Taliaferro, E Hank ^b   Weisse, Marie T ^b   Holmes, Richard T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

Barium; Calcium; Food chain; Forest; Songbird; Strontium isotope

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034023616     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006390707989     Document Type: Article

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