Tools for quantifying isotopic niche space and dietary variation at the individual and population level

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 329-341

  Newsome, Seth D ^a   Yeakel, Justin D ^b   Wheatley, Patrick V ^c   Tinker, M Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

isotope mixing models; isotopic niches; sea otters; stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DATA SET; HABITAT USE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MUSTELID; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CARNIVORA; ENHYDRA; ENHYDRA LUTRIS NEREIS;

EID: 84860600219     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: 15451542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/11-MAMM-S-187.1     Document Type: Review

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