Stable isotope ecology in the Ituri Forest

Oecologia

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-12

  Cerling, Thure E ^a   Hart, John A ^b   Hart, Terese B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Diet; Isotopes; Ituri Forest

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMAL; TREE;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DIET; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMALS; TREES;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ITURI FOREST; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; ANTELOPE; MAMMALIA; NEOTRAGUS BATESI; OKAPIA JOHNSTONI;

EID: 0842310392     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1375-4     Document Type: Article

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