Linking hydrogen (δ 2h) isotopes in feathers and precipitation: Sources of variance and consequences for assignment to isoscapes

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Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Van Wilgenburg, Steven L ^a   Wassenaar, Leonard I ^a   Larson, Keith ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEATHER; FORAGING; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PRECIPITATION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; TAXONOMY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROBABILITY;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CLIMATE; FEATHERS; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; NORTH AMERICA; PROBABILITY; SEASONS; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84859623268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035137     Document Type: Article

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