Quantifying dispersal rates and distances in North American martens: A test of enriched isotope labeling

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 390-398

  Pauli, Jonathan N ^a,c   Smith, Winston P ^b   Ben David, Merav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon; deuterium; isotopic enrichment; Martes americana; Martes caurina; mesocarnivore; nitrogen

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CRYPSIS; DEUTERIUM; DISPERSAL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUSTELID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ALASKA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MARTES; MARTES AMERICANA; MARTES CAURINA;

EID: 84860593610     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-163.1     Document Type: Article

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