The influence of microhabitat, moisture and diet on stable-hydrogen isotope variation in a Neotropical avian food web

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 563-572

  Fraser, Kevin C ^a,b   Mckinnon, Emily A ^b   Diamond, Antony W ^a   Chavarría, Liliana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Finca y Reserva Silvestre Privada Nebliselva El Jaguar   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

animal migration; cloud forest; deuterium; moult; movement studies; Nicaragua; rain forest; seasonality; stable hydrogen isotope; stable nitrogen isotope; trophic level

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84888137472     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467411000332     Document Type: Article

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