Isotopic ecology ten years after a call for more laboratory experiments

Biological Reviews

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-111

  Martínez Del Rio, Carlos ^a   Wolf, Nathan ^a   Carleton, Scott A ^a   Gannes, Leonard Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Sciences and Conservation Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58849164776     PISSN: 14647931     EISSN: 1469185X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-185X.2008.00064.x     Document Type: Review

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