Carbon- and nitrogen-isotope tissue-diet discrimination and turnover rates in deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 685-691

  Miller, J F ^a   Millar, J S ^a   Longstaffe, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RODENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MAMMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 47249165572     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-042     Document Type: Article

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