Differences in carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signatures amongst wild and released pheasant populations

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 755-760

  Jensen, Per M ^a   Madsen, Philip ^a   Jensen, Lars Stoumann ^a   Pipper, Christian B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bred and released; Pheasants; Stable isotopes; Wild populations

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; INVERTEBRATA; PHASIANIDAE; PHASIANUS COLCHICUS;

EID: 84864910047     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-012-0609-3     Document Type: Article

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