Longitudinal differences in 15N between mothers and offspring during and after weaning in a small cooperative mammal, the meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1889-1892

  Dalerum, Fredrik ^a   Bennett, Nigel C ^a   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY;

LIFE HISTORY;

MAMMALS;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARNIVORA; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HAIR; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; WEANING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HAIR; HERPESTIDAE; LACTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; REPRODUCTION; WEANING;

EID: 34250766239     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.3032     Document Type: Article

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