Influence of forage preferences and habitat use on 13C and 15N abundance in wild caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and moose (Alces alces) from Canada

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-121

  Druckera, Dorothée G ^a,b   Hobsona, Keith A ^a   Ouelletc, Jean Pierre ^c   Courtoisd, Réhaume ^d  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^d MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Carbon 13; Caribou; Diet; Habitat; Hair; Isotope ecology; Moose; Nitrogen 15

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BOREAL FOREST; CARBON ISOTOPE; DEER; DIET; FORAGE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HAIR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TUNDRA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAIR; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REINDEER; TREE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CANADA; CARBON ISOTOPES; CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HAIR; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; REINDEER; TREES;

CANADA; NUNAVUT; SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND;

ALCES ALCES; FUNGI; RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 77949337052     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010903388410     Document Type: Article

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