The use of stable-isotope ratios in ornithology

British Birds

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 112-130

  Fox, Tony ^a   Bearhop, Stuart ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; ORNITHOLOGY; OVERWINTERING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AVES;

EID: 40549131323     PISSN: 00070335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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