Laboratory measures of isotope discrimination factors: Comments on Caut, Angulo & Courchamp (2008, 2009)

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 942-947

  Perga, Marie Elodie ^a   Grey, Jonathan ^b  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dietary protein source; Food web; Isotope routing; Nutrient allocation; Omnivorous; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

DIET; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; META-ANALYSIS; NUTRIENT USE; OMNIVORY; PROTEIN; RODENT;

RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS;

EID: 77954363506     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01730.x     Document Type: Article

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