Deuterium measurements of raptor feathers: Does a lack of reproducibility compromise geographic assignment?

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-46

  Smith, Adam D ^a,e   Lott, Casey A ^b   Smith, Jeff P ^b   Donohue, Kara C ^a   Wittenberg, Sara ^c   Smith, Kimberly G ^c   Goodrich, Laurie ^d  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HAWKWATCH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d Hawk Mountain Sanctuary   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Bias; IRMS; Migration; Origins; Precision; Stable hydrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DEUTERIUM; FEATHER; LABORATORY METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RAPTOR; SAMPLING BIAS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 67650290810     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08009     Document Type: Article

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