Using stable hydrogen isotope analysis of feathers to delineate origins of harvested Sandhill Cranes in the central flyway of North America

Waterbirds

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-147

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Van Wilgenburg, Steven ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a   Hands, Helen ^b   Johnson, William P ^c   O'Meilia, Mike ^d   Taylor, Philip ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks   (United States)

^c TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^d Oklahoma Dept of Wildl Conserv   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Geographic origin; GIS; Grus canadensis; Sandhill crane; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEUTERIUM; FEATHER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ALASKA; CANADA; MANITOBA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; SASKATCHEWAN; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GRUIDAE; GRUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 33746905483     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2006)29[137:USHIAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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