Verification of seabird contributions to Australasian harrier diet at Motunau Island, North Canterbury, using stable isotope analysis

Notornis

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 158-162

  Hawke, David J ^a   Clark, John M ^a   Challies, Chris N ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Australasian harrier; Carbon 13; Circus approximans; Diet; New Zealand; Nitrogen 15; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RAPTOR; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MOTUNAU ISLAND; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CIRCUS APPROXIMANS; EUDYPTULA MINOR; PACHYPTILA; PACHYPTILA TURTUR; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 26244448275     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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