Resolving temporal variation in vertebrate diets using naturally occurring stable isotopes

Oecologia

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 647-658

  Dalerum, F ^a   Angerbjorn A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Ecophysiology; Feeding ecology; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE;

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, ACTIVE; BIRDS; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; ISOTOPES; MAMMALS; SEASONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 24044474730     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0118-0     Document Type: Review

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