Improving provenance studies in migratory birds when using feather hydrogen stable isotopes

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 103-108

  van Dijk, Jacintha G B ^a   Meissner, Wlodzimierz ^c   Klaassen, Marcel ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CALIBRATION; FEATHER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GROWING SEASON; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY SPECIES; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; AVES;

EID: 84892502515     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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