Application Of Stable Isotope Analysis To Study Temporal Changes In Foraging Ecology In A Highly Endangered Amphibian

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gillespie, J Hayley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON 13; NITROGEN; NITROGEN 15; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PLATYHELMINTH; PREY; SALAMANDER;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHENOMENA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INVERTEBRATES; ISOTOPE LABELING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; EURYCEA SOSORUM; PLANARIA; PLATYHELMINTHES; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84872384308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0053041     Document Type: Article

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