Effects of diet change on carbon and nitrogen stable-isotope ratios in blood cells and plasma of the long-nosed bandicoot (Perameles nasuta)

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 635-647

  Klaassen, Marcel ^a   Thums, Michele ^b,c   Hume, Ian D ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ISOTOPIC RATIO;

AVES; EUTHERIA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PERAMELES; PERAMELES NASUTA; PERAMELIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12544252594     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO04029     Document Type: Article

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