The biological basis for understanding and predicting dietary-induced variation in nitrogen and sulphur isotope ratio discrimination

Functional Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 519-526

  Florin, Scott T ^a   Felicetti, Laura A ^a   Robbins, Charles T ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilated diet; Isotope discrimination; Nitrogen; Protein quality; Stable isotopes; Sulphur

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BIRD; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MAMMAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANT; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LENS CULINARIS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955523252     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2010.01799.x     Document Type: Article

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