Using stable hydrogen and oxygen isotope measurements of feathers to infer geographical origins of migrating European birds

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 477-488

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Bowen, Gabriel J ^b   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a   Ferrand, Yves ^c   Lormee, Hervé ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Feathers; GNIP; Growing season; Migration; Oxygen; Precipitation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FEATHER; KRIGING; MIGRATION ROUTE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACKING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CORVIDAE; GALLIFORMES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

HYDROGEN; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; EUROPE; FEATHER; FEMALE; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EUROPE; FEATHERS; FEMALE; HYDROGEN; MALE; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 15944411588     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1671-7     Document Type: Article

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