Stable isotopes in elephant hair document migration patterns and diet changes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 371-373

  Cerling, Thure E ^a   Wittemyer, George ^b   Rasmussen, Henrik B ^c   Vollrath, Fritz ^c   Cerling, Claire E ^a   Robinson, Todd J ^a   Douglas Hamilton, Iain ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

13 Carbon; 15 Nitrogen; Chronology; Human elephant conflict

Indexed keywords

CARBON; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ELEPHANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GRASS; HAIR; HAIR GROWTH; KENYA; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WILDLIFE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; HAIR; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; POACEAE;

EID: 31044438878     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0509606102     Document Type: Article

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