The influence of varying proportions of terrestrial and marine dietary protein on the stable carbon-isotope compositions of pig tissues from a controlled feeding experiment

Science and Technology of Archaeological Research

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 28-44

  Webb, Emily C ^a   Lewis, Jamie ^a   Shain, Anika ^a   Kastrisianaki Guyton, Emma ^a   Honch, Noah V ^a   Stewart, Alan ^b   Miller, Bevis ^a   Tarlton, John ^a   Evershed, Richard P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HARPER ADAMS UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

amino acids; Carbon isotopes; dietary routing; palaeodietary reconstruction; pigs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85029610958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20548923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/20548923.2016.1275477     Document Type: Article

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