Nutrient routing in omnivorous animals tracked by stable carbon isotopes in tissue and exhaled breath

Oecologia

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-40

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Rex, Katja ^a   Michener, Robert H ^b   Speakman, John R ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carollia perspicillata; Exhaled carbon dioxide; Infra red stable isotope analyser; Omnivory; Stable carbon isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FRUCTOSE; HEXOSE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN;

BAT; CARBOHYDRATE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; METABOLISM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; OMNIVORY; PROTEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BREATH ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EXHALATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORELIMB; MALE; METABOLISM; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHIROPTERA; DIET; EXHALATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FRUCTOSE; HEXOSES; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

ANIMALIA; CAROLLIA PERSPICILLATA; HEXAPODA; PHYLLOSTOMIDAE;

EID: 46949110896     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1057-3     Document Type: Article

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