Stable isotopes of carbon and in the study of avian and mammalian trophic ecology

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-27

  Kelly, Jeffrey F ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CARBON ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MAMMAL; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034095243     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-165     Document Type: Review

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