A stable isotope aridity index for terrestrial environments

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

Volumn 103, Issue 30, 2006, Pages 11201-11205

  Levin, Naomi E ^a   Cerling, Thure E ^a   Passey, Benjamin H ^a   Harris, John M ^b   Ehleringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b George C Page Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioapatite; East Africa; Mammals; Oxygen 18; Water use

Indexed keywords

APATITE; ISOTOPE; OXYGEN 18; WATER;

AFRICA; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ENAMEL; EVAPORATION; FLUID INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LAND BIOME; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAXON; WATER DEFICIT;

ANIMALS; DENTAL ENAMEL; EARTH (PLANET); ELEMENTS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; MAMMALS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; REFERENCE STANDARDS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; WATER SUPPLY; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33746644111     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0604719103     Document Type: Article

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