Applications of stable isotope analyses to avian ecology

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 447-461

  Inger, Richard ^a   Bearhop, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capital breeders; Carry over effects; Dispersal; Foraging ecology; Income breeders; Isotopic mixing models; Migration; Spatial markers

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISPERSAL; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AVES;

EID: 51349167320     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00839.x     Document Type: Review

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