Discrimination factors (Δ15N and Δ13C) in an omnivorous consumer: Effect of diet isotopic ratio

Functional Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 255-263

  Caut, Stéphane ^a   Angulo, Elena ^a   Courchamp, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Diet tissue relationship; Fractionation factor; Mixing models; Rat; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

DIET; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; OMNIVORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RODENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 40949159390     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01360.x     Document Type: Article

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