Using isoscapes to track animal migration

Isoscapes: Understanding movement, pattern, and process on Earth through isotope mapping

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 273-298

  Hobson, Keith A ^a   Barnett Johnson, Rachel ^b   Cerling, Thure ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3354-3_13     Document Type: Chapter

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