Tracing the diet of the monitor lizard Varanus mabitang by stable isotope analyses (δ15N, δ13C)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 470-473

  Struck, Ulrich ^a   Altenbach, Alexander V ^a   Gaulke, Maren ^b   Glaw, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Philippine Endemic Species Conservation Project   (Germany)

^c Zoologische Staatssammlung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; NITROGEN 15;

DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LIZARD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; FOSSIL; HERBIVORY; INTESTINE; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; SOFT TISSUE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; GERMANY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIZARDS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

AGAMIDAE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; HYDROSAURUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VARANIDAE; VARANUS; VARANUS OLIVACEUS; VARANUS PRASINUS; VARANUS SALVATOR;

EID: 0036809415     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0361-8     Document Type: Article

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