Stable isotope evidence for impala Aepyceros melampus diets at Akagera National Park, Rwanda

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 490-501

  Copeland, Sandi R ^a,b   Sponheimer, Matt ^b   Spinage, Clive A ^c   Lee Thorp, Julia A ^d   Codron, Daryl ^e   Reed, Kaye E ^f  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Wickwood House   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Diet; Impala; Intra tooth; Oxygen 18; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; DRY SEASON; ENAMEL; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; MAMMAL; NATIONAL PARK; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AKAGERA NATIONAL PARK; EAST PROVINCE; RWANDA;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS;

EID: 73149117566     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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