Isotopic Tracking of Migrant Wildlife

Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 155-175

  Hobson, Keith A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altitudinal movement; Deuterium; Forensic tool; Isotopic tracking; Marine system

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM;

ALTITUDINAL MOVEMENT; FORENSIC TOOLS; MARINE SYSTEMS;

ISOTOPES;

EID: 76349093459     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470691854.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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