Stable carbon isotopes in exhaled breath as tracers for dietary information in birds and mammals

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2233-2238

  Voigt, Christian C ^a   Baier, Leonie ^b   Speakman, John R ^c   Siemers, Björn M ^b  

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

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bats; Dietary preferences; Exogenous substrate; Fat; Metabolism; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BAT; BIRD; BREATH ANALYSIS; DIET; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FOOD PREFERENCE; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TENEBRIO;

ANIMAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREATH TESTS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHIROPTERA; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; FOOD PREFERENCES; MAMMALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TENEBRIO;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CHIROPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MYOTIS MYOTIS;

EID: 49749123469     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.018523     Document Type: Article

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