Hydrogen and Oxygen Isotope Ratios in Body Water and Hair: Modeling Isotope Dynamics in Nonhuman Primates

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 651-660

  O'Grady, Shannon P ^a   Valenzuela, Luciano O ^a   Remien, Christopher H ^a   Enright, Lindsey E ^a   Jorgensen, Matthew J ^b   Kaplan, Jay R ^b   Wagner, Janice D ^b   Cerling, Thure E ^a,c   Ehleringer, James R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c IsoForensics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynomolgus monkey; Macaca fascicularis; Mechanistic model; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

DEUTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; OXYGEN;

BODY CONDITION; DIET; HAIR; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PRIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HAIR; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; DEUTERIUM; DIET; DRINKING WATER; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HAIR; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; OXYGEN ISOTOPES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HAPLORHINI; MACACA FASCICULARIS; PRIMATES;

EID: 84861574302     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.22019     Document Type: Article

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