Bayesian estimation of predator diet composition fromfatty acids and stable isotopes

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Volumn 2015, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1-19

  Neubauer, Philipp ^a   Jensen, Olaf P ^b  

^a Dragonfly   (New Zealand)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian mixing model; Diet analysis; Dietary marker; Fatty acid signature; QFASA; Quantitative fatty acid analysis; Stable isotope analysis

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; DIET; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE FATTY ACID SIGNATURE ANALYSIS; SHRIMP; SIMULATION; SQUID;

EID: 84943378341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.920     Document Type: Article

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