Carbon isotopes in exhaled breath track metabolic substrates in brown bears (Ursus arctos)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 413-421

  Whiteman, John P ^a   Greller, Katie A ^a   Harlow, Henry J ^a   Felicetti, Laura A ^b   Rode, Karyn D ^c   Ben David, Merav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

breath; brown bear; CO2; diet; fasting; RER; respiratory exchange ratio; stable isotope; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; ENERGY USE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RESPIRATION; SALMONID; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSTRATE;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84860595661     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-178.1     Document Type: Article

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