Using stable carbon isotopes to distinguish wild from Captive Wolves

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-264

  Kays, Roland ^a   Feranec, Robert S ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LATRANS; CANIS LUPUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80053557952     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/045.018.0301     Document Type: Article

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