The effects of sex, tissue type, and dietary components on stable isotope discrimination factors (Δ13C and Δ15N) in mammalian omnivores

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 307-321

  Kurle, Carolyn M ^a   Koch, Paul L ^b   Tershy, Bernie R ^b   Croll, Donald A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

animals; carbon 13; diet; food; isotope ecology; natural isotope fractionation; nitrogen 15; protein turnover; rats

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; RAT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIET; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84905699438     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2014.908872     Document Type: Article

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