Intrafeather and intraindividual variation in the stable-hydrogen isotope (δD) content of raptor feathers

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 500-506

  Smith, Adam D ^a,b   Donohue, Kara ^a   Dufty, Alfred M ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Deuterium; Feathers; Hydrogen; Passerines; Raptors; Stable isotopes; Variation

Indexed keywords

AVES; PROTIUM; RAPTORES;

EID: 67650287571     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8515     Document Type: Article

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