Using stable isotopes to trace resource acquisition and trophic position in four Afrotropical birds with different diets

Ostrich

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 273-275

  Procházka, Petr ^a   Reif, Jiří ^b   Hořák, David ^c   Klvaňa, Petr ^d   Lee, Raymond W ^e   Yohannes, Elizabeth ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 79955379967     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2010.519889     Document Type: Article

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