Hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope analysis of pollen collected from honey

Grana

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 305-315

  Chesson, Lesley Ann ^a,b   Tipple, Brett James ^a,b   Erkkila, Brad R ^a,c   Ehleringer, James Russell ^a,b  

^a IsoForensics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

geo location; honeybee; isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS); region of origin; stable isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DILUTION; ETHANOL; HONEY; HYDROGEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXYGEN; POLLEN; PROVENANCE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890330395     PISSN: 00173134     EISSN: 16512049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00173134.2013.841751     Document Type: Article

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