Diet: Tissue stable isotope fractionation of carbon and nitrogen in blood plasma and whole blood of male reindeer Rangifer tarandus

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1303-1309

  Halley, D J ^a   Minagawa, M ^b   Nieminen, M ^c   Gaare, E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RKTL Porontutkimusasema   (Finland)

Author keywords

Diet; Fractionation; Rangifer tarandus; Stable isotope; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BLOOD; CARBON; DEER; DIET; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLASMA; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84755160697     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-010-0817-9     Document Type: Article

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