Diet‐tissue fractionation of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in phocid seals

V Lesage, MO Hammill, KM Kovacs - Marine Mammal Science, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Diet‐tissue isotopic fractionation of carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) isotopes in short‐and longer‐
term diet integrators of diet (ie, blood serum and red cells), that involve non‐invasive …

Sources of carbon isotope variation in kangaroo bone collagen and tooth enamel

BP Murphy, DMJS Bowman, MK Gagan - Geochimica et Cosmochimica …, 2007 - Elsevier
The stable carbon isotopic composition (expressed as δ13C) of herbivore remains is
commonly used to reconstruct past changes in the relative abundance of C4 versus C3 …

Assessing diet in savanna herbivores using stable carbon isotope ratios of faeces

D Codron, J Codron, M Sponheimer, JA Lee-Thorp… - Koedoe, 2005 - zora.uzh.ch
In African savannas, browse-based resources (C3 plants) are isotopically distinct from
grasses (C4 plants). The carbon isotopic composition of the basic plant diet is recorded in …

Stable isotope fingerprinting traces essential amino acid assimilation and multichannel feeding in a vertebrate consumer

PJ Manlick, SD Newsome - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Animals often consume resources from multiple energy channels, thereby connecting food
webs and driving trophic structure. Such 'multichannel feeding'can dictate ecosystem …

From food to offspring down: tissue-specific discrimination and turn-over of stable isotopes in herbivorous waterbirds and other avian foraging guilds

S Hahn, BJ Hoye, H Korthals, M Klaassen - PLoS One, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Isotopic discrimination and turn-over are fundamental to the application of stable isotope
ecology in animals. However, detailed information for specific tissues and species are …

Amino Acid δ13C Analysis Shows Flexibility in the Routing of Dietary Protein and Lipids to the Tissue of an Omnivore

SD Newsome, N Wolf, J Peters, ML Fogel - 2014 - academic.oup.com
Stable-isotope analysis (SIA) has revolutionized animal ecology by providing time-
integrated estimates of the use of resources and/or habitats. SIA is based on the premise …

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic fractionation between diet and tissues of captive seals: implications for dietary reconstructions involving marine mammals

KA Hobson, DM Schell, D Renouf… - Canadian Journal of …, 1996 - cdnsciencepub.com
We measured stable carbon (13C/12C) and nitrogen (15N/14N) isotope ratios in nail,
whiskers, skin, hair, and blood of captive harp seals (Pagophilus groenlandicus), harbour …

Stable isotope characterization of mammalian predator–prey relationships in a South African savanna

D Codron, J Codron, JA Lee-Thorp… - European Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
This paper characterizes predator–prey interactions amongst African mammals from C 4
savanna environments using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope proxies for diet. Stable …

Carbon, nitrogen and oxygen isotope fractionation during food cooking: Implications for the interpretation of the fossil human record

A Royer, V Daux, F Fourel… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Stable isotope data provide insight into the reconstruction of ancient human diet.
However, cooking may alter the original stable isotope compositions of food due to losses …

Reconstructing temporal variation in great ape and other primate diets: A methodological framework for isotope analyses in hair

VM Oelze - American Journal of Primatology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis of carbon and nitrogen in hair provides a versatile tool for
reconstructing feeding behavior in elusive primate species. Particularly in great apes …