The effect of metabolic rate on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions in deer mice, Peromyscus maniculatus

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 36-42

  Smith, J J ^a   Millar, J S ^a   Longstaffe, F J ^a   Boonstra, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RODENT; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS;

EID: 74349105732     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-116     Document Type: Article

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