Geographic distribution of C3 and C4 grasses recorded from stable carbon isotope values of bone collagen of South Australian herbivores

Australian Journal of Botany

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 203-207

  Pate, F Donald ^a   Noble, Andrew H ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C3 PLANT; C4 PLANT; COLLAGEN; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034079704     PISSN: 00671924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/BT98024     Document Type: Article

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