The analysis of 13C/12C ratios in exhaled CO2: Its advantages and potential application to field research to infer diet, changes in diet over time, and substrate metabolism in birds

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-33

  Hatch, Kent A ^a,c   Pinshow, Berry ^a   Speakman, John R ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036464156     PISSN: 00031569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/42.1.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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