Bulk and intra-tooth enamel stable isotopes of waterbuck Kobus ellipsiprymnus from Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 697-701

  Copeland, Sandi R ^a,b   Sponheimer, Matt ^b   Spinage, Clive A ^c   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Wickwood House   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; ENAMEL; GRAZING; ISOTOPE; MAMMAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA;

KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS;

EID: 57449092906     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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