Enrichment of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of plant populations and plateau pikas along altitudes

Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 661-667

  Yi, X F ^a,b   Yang, Y Q ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHWEST INSTITUTE OF PLATEAU BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Altitudinal gradients; Plateau pikas; Qinghai tibet plateau; Stable carbon isotope; Stable nitrogen isotope

Indexed keywords

OCHOTONIDAE;

EID: 33846658427     PISSN: 12301388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22358/jafs/66937/2006     Document Type: Article

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