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Oecologia. 2000 Feb;122(2):155-162. doi: 10.1007/PL00008843.

Using stable-isotope analysis of feathers to distinguish moulting and breeding origins of seabirds.

Oecologia

Y Cherel, K A Hobson, H Weimerskirch

Affiliations

  1. Centre d'Etudes Biologiques de Chizé, UPR 1934 du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, F-79360 Villiers-en-Bois, France e-mail: [email protected] Tel.: +33-5-49097835, Fax: +33-5-49096526, , , , , , FR.
  2. Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Centre, Environment Canada, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 0X4, , , , , , CA.

PMID: 28308369 DOI: 10.1007/PL00008843

Abstract

To determine whether stable isotope measurements of bird feathers can be used to identify moulting (interbreeding) foraging areas of adult seabirds, we examined the stable-carbon (δ

Keywords: Carbon; Diomedea melanophrys; Kerguelen; Key words Albatross; Nitrogen

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