Diet-tissue discrimination factors of carbon and nitrogen Stable isotopes in blood of Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 343-347

  Therrien, J F ^a   Fitzgerald, G ^b   Gauthier, G ^a   Bety J ^c  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD; CAPTIVE POPULATION; CARBON ISOTOPE; CARNIVORE; DIET; ETHANOL; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MUSCLE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PRESERVATION; RAPTOR; RODENT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BUBO SCANDIACUS; FALCONIDAE; MUS; NYCTEA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 79954448064     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z11-008     Document Type: Article

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