Stable isotopes, ecological integration and environmental change: Wolves record atmospheric carbon isotope trend better than tree rings

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1624, 2007, Pages 2471-2480

  Bump, Joseph K ^a   Fox Dobbs, Kena ^b   Bada, Jeffrey L ^c   Koch, Paul L ^b   Peterson, Rolf O ^a   Vucetich, John A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological integrator; Palaeoenvironment; Stable isotopes; Wolf

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BIOINDICATOR; CANID; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TREE RING; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CABBAGE; CARNIVORE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; HERBIVORE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEONTOLOGY; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE; WOLF;

NORTH AMERICA;

ALCES ALCES; ANIMALIA; BISON ANTIQUUS; BISON BISON; CANIDAE; CANIS DIRUS; CANIS LUPUS; JUNIPERUS; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS FLEXILIS;

EID: 34548753403     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0700     Document Type: Article

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