Temporal variation in stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of grizzly bear guardhair and underfur

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1320-1325

  Jones, Elena S ^a   Heard, Douglas C ^b   Gillingham, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon; Diet analysis; Grizzly bear; Hair; Nitrogen; Stable isotope; Technique; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIETARY OVERLAP; HAIR; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 33846795913     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2006)34[1320:TVISCA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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