Stable isotopes as one of nature's ecological recorders

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 408-414

  West, Jason B ^a   Bowen, Gabriel J ^b   Cerling, Thure E ^a   Ehleringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ISOTOPE; WATER;

PALEOECOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SCIENCE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AMERICAS; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NATURE; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; WATER;

EID: 33745407445     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2006.04.002     Document Type: Review

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