Ten years of experimental animal isotopic ecology

Functional Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-26

  Wolf, Nathan ^a   Carleton, Scott A ^a   Martínez Del Rio, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Experimental isotopic ecology; Stable isotopes; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUTRITION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STATUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58349099397     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01529.x     Document Type: Review

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