Blood isotopic (δ13c and δ15n) turnover and diet-tissue fractionation factors in captive dunlin (Calidris alpina pacifica)

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 170-177

  Evans Ogden, Lesley J ^a,c   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Lank, David B ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; TURNOVER; WADER;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER DELTA; NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; CALIDRIS; CALIDRIS ALPINA; CALIDRIS ALPINA PACIFICA; GALLIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1242332986     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/121.1.170     Document Type: Article

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