Correlates of deuterium (δD) enrichment in the feathers of adult American Kestrels of known origin

Condor

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 555-564

  Greenwood, Jennifer L ^a   Dawson, Russell D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

D; American Kestrel; Body size; Enrichment; Falco sparverius; Feathers; Reproductive effort; Stable hydrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

AVES; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 80052343978     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2011.100213     Document Type: Article

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