Tissue-diet discrimination factors and turnover of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 961-967

  DeMots, Rachel L ^a   Novak, James M ^b   Gaines, Karen F ^b   Gregor, Aaron J ^a   Romanek, Christopher S ^c   Soluk, Daniel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RODENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMALIA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS LEUCOPUS;

EID: 77958547613     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-063     Document Type: Article

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