Isotopic nitrogen in fecal fiber as an indicator of winter diet in caribou and muskoxen

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 625-634

  Gustine, David D ^a   Barboza, Perry S ^b   Addison, Jennifer ^b   Shively, Rachel ^b   Oliver, Lola ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN;

DETERGENT-FREE METHODS; DIETARY SOURCES; INTESTINAL CELLS; ISOTOPIC TRACER; N VALUE; NITROGEN FRACTION; NUTRITIONAL ECOLOGY; PLANT FIBRES; STABLE NITROGEN ISOTOPE; WILD POPULATIONS;

NUTRITION;

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY FIBER; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LICHEN (ORGANISM); MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MOSS; PHYSIOLOGY; REINDEER;

ANIMALS; BRYOPHYTA; DIETARY FIBER; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; LICHENS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; REINDEER; RUMINANTS;

EID: 84893821608     PISSN: 09514198     EISSN: 10970231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcm.6825     Document Type: Article

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