Advantages of using fecal samples for stable isotope analysis in bats: Evidence from a triple isotopic experiment

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 27, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1945-1953

  Salvarina, Ioanna ^a   Yohannes, Elizabeth ^a   Siemers, Björn M ^b   Koselj, Klemen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; ISOTOPES;

CALIBRATION EXPERIMENTS; CONTROLLED EXPERIMENT; DIETARY CHANGES; ECOLOGICAL STUDIES; FAECAL SAMPLES; FRESH WATER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN-CARBON; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL SYSTEMS;

MAMMALS;

EID: 84882339361     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6649     Document Type: Article

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