Stable isotope trophic shifts in white-tailed deer

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1525-1531

  Darr, Ryan L ^a   Hewitt, David G ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Carbon; Cervid; Dietary reconstruction; Nitrogen; Odocoileus virginianus; Stable isotope; Trophic shift; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CARBON; DEER; DIETARY SHIFT; NITROGEN; RECONSTRUCTION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STATUS;

CERVIDAE; MEDICAGO SATIVA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 53049100455     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-293     Document Type: Article

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