Using carbon and nitrogen isotopic values of body feathers to infer inter- and intra-individual variations of seabird feeding ecology during moult

Marine Biology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1233-1240

  Jaeger, Audrey ^a   Blanchard, Pierrick ^a   Richard, Pierre ^b   Cherel, Yves ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LA ROCHELLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FEATHER; FEEDING ECOLOGY; GENERALIST; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MOLT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SEABIRD; SPECIALIST; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CROZET ISLANDS; FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS;

AVES; DIOMEDEA EXULANS; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 64249085048     PISSN: 00253162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-009-1165-6     Document Type: Article

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