Black and white - Does melanin change the bulk carbon and nitrogen isotope values of feathers?

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 875-878

  Michalik, Andreas ^a,b   McGil, Rona A R ^c   Furness, Robert W ^d   Eggers, Till ^b   van Noordwijk, Hendrika J ^a   Quillfeldt, Petra ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CARBON; CAROTENOIDS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

BIRDS' FEATHERS; CARBON AND NITROGEN; CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE VALUES; STABLE ISOTOPES; STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; SYNTHESISED;

MELANIN;

EID: 77949597930     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.4462     Document Type: Article

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