Linking isotopic and migratory patterns in a pelagic seabird

Oecologia

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-105

  Ramos, Raül ^a   González Solís, Jacob ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cory's shearwater; Feather moult; Isotopic integration; Marine migration; Stable isotope signatures

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; SULFUR;

FEATHER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIGRATION; MOLT; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; SEABIRD; STABLE ISOTOPE; WATER MASS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEATHER; GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SPAIN;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEATHERS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MOLTING; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SPAIN; SULFUR ISOTOPES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CALONECTRIS DIOMEDEA DIOMEDEA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 64749113680     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1273-x     Document Type: Article

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