Expression of material isotopes in offspring: Implications for interpreting ontogenetic shifts in isotopic composition of consumer tissues

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 155-163

  Pilgrim, Melissa Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Animals; Carbon 13; Diet; Natural isotope variations; Neonate tissues; Nitrogen 15; Offspring; Ontogenetic shifts; Rattlesnakes

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; NEONATE;

ANIMALIA; CROTALUS; SERPENTES; SISTRURUS; SISTRURUS MILIARIUS; VIPERIDAE;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SNAKE; VIVIPARITY;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CROTALUS; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VIVIPARITY, NONMAMMALIAN;

EID: 34250687060     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010701360355     Document Type: Article

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