Seasonal variation in stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values of bats reflect environmental baselines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Popa Lisseanu, Ana G ^a,b,c   Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^c   Quetglas, Juan ^a   Delgado Huertas, Antonio ^b,d   Kelm, Detlev H ^a   Ibáñez, Carlos ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; AUTUMN; BAT; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPTESICUS ISABELLINUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING; HIBERNATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; MALE; MIGRATION; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII; MYOTIS BLYTHII; MYOTIS ESCALERAI; MYOTIS MYOTIS; NONHUMAN; NYCTALUS LASIOPTERUS; PERIODICITY; RHINOLOPHUS EURYALE; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM; RHINOLOPHUS HIPPOSIDEROS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPAIN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; VIBRISSA; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; SEASON;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CHIROPTERA; CLIMATE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; SEASONS; SPAIN;

EID: 84923658767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117052     Document Type: Article

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