Effects of nutritional restriction on nitrogen and carbon stable isotopes in growing seabirds

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-18

  Williams, Cory T ^a   Buck, C Loren ^b   Sears, Justine ^a   Kitaysky, Alexander S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet tissue fractionation; Isotopic enrichment; Nitrogen balance; Physiological condition

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BLOOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; STARVATION;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM;

AGING; ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHARADRIIFORMES; FISHES; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

AVES; FRATERCULA CIRRHATA;

EID: 34447650383     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0717-z     Document Type: Article

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