Converting isotope values to diet composition: The use of mixing models

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 342-352

  Phillips, Donald L ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

diet; mixing model; stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MAMMAL; MIXING; NUMERICAL MODEL; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84860565367     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-158.1     Document Type: Review

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