Combining stable-isotope and body-composition analyses to assess nutrient-allocation strategies in breeding white-winged scoters (Melanitta Fusca)

Auk

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 166-174

  DeVink, Jean Michel ^a,c   Slattery, Stuart M ^b   Clark, Robert G ^a,c   Alisauskas, Ray T ^a,c   Hobson, Keith A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DUCKS UNLIMITED CANADA   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body composition; Carbon 13; Egg production; Melanitta fusca; Nitrogen 15; Nutrient allocation; Stable isotopes; Whitewinged Scoter

Indexed keywords

BIRD; EGG PRODUCTION; LIPID; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; MELANITTA; MELANITTA FUSCA;

EID: 79954544034     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2010.10069     Document Type: Article

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