Strontium isotope analyses of large herbivore habitat use in the Cape Fynbos region of South Africa

Oecologia

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 567-578

  Radloff, F G T ^a   Mucina, L ^a,b   Bond, W J ^c   Le Roux, P J ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bone; Laser ablation; MC ICP MS; Renosterveld; Teeth

Indexed keywords

STRONTIUM;

BIODIVERSITY; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOT SPOT; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; RODENT; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; SURVIVAL; TOOTH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMUR; FOOD PREFERENCE; INCISOR; MAMMAL; MURINAE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIBIA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; FEMUR; FOOD PREFERENCES; INCISOR; MAMMALS; MURINAE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; TIBIA;

DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 77956651047     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1731-0     Document Type: Article

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