Stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes may not be good indicators of altitudinal distributions of montane passerines

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-47

  Chang, Yuan Mou ^a   Hatch, Kent A ^b   Wei, Hsin Lin ^a   Yuan, Hsiao Wei ^c   You, Cheng Feng ^d   Eggett, Dennis ^e   Tu, Yi Hsuan ^d   Lin, Ya Ling ^d   Shiu, Hau Jie ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TAINAN   (Taiwan)

^b Biology Department   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BIOMARKER; CARBON ISOTOPE; FEATHER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HERBIVORE; INSECTIVORE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOUNTAIN REGION; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OMNIVORY; PASSERINE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

TAIWAN; TAROKO NATIONAL PARK;

AVES;

EID: 79951872033     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/10-062.1     Document Type: Article

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