Single-point isotope measurements in blood cells and plasma to estimate the time since diet switches

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 796-804

  Klaassen, Marcel ^a   Piersma, Theunis ^b,c   Korthals, Harry ^a   Dekinga, Anne ^c   Dietz, Maurine W ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Isotopic clock; Mathematical model; Sensitivity analysis; Stable carbon isotope; Timing of events

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; BLOOD; CALIBRATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CELL ORGANELLE; DATA SET; DIET; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NUMERICAL MODEL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; WADER;

ANIMALIA; CALIDRIS CANUTUS;

EID: 78751671823     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01689.x     Document Type: Article

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