Discrimination factors for stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen in blood and feathers from chicks and juveniles of the California condor

Condor

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 492-500

  Kurle, Carolyn M ^a   Finkelstein, Myra E ^b   Smith, Kimberly R ^b   George, Daniel ^c   Ciani, Debbie ^d   Koch, Paul L ^b   Smith, Donald R ^b  

^a University of California San Diego   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens   (United States)

Author keywords

Captive feeding experiment; Fractionation; Isotope enrichment; Stable isotope analysis; Vulture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883439595     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2013.120107     Document Type: Article

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