Disentangling effects of growth and nutritional status on seabird stable isotope ratios

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-48

  Sears, Justine ^a   Hatch, Scott A ^b   O'Brien, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Diet tissue fractionation; Food restriction; Nitrogen use efficiency

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

DIET; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD LIMITATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEATHER; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHARADRIIFORMES; ERYTHROCYTES; FEATHERS; FOOD DEPRIVATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

CERORHINCA; CERORHINCA MONOCERATA;

EID: 58549090487     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1199-3     Document Type: Article

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