Studying animal niches using bulk stable isotope ratios: an updated synthesis

ON Shipley, P Matich - Oecologia, 2020 - Springer
The development of the isotopic niche, an n-dimensional hypervolume (with n being the
number of isotopes) occupied by a population in delta space, has revolutionized the study of …

Meta‐analysis and critical review of trophic discrimination factors (Δ13C and Δ15N): Importance of tissue, trophic level and diet source

RB Stephens, ON Shipley, RJ Moll - Functional Ecology, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Robustly quantifying dietary resource use and trophic position using stable isotopes
requires accurate trophic discrimination factors (TDF; Δ13C and Δ15N for carbon and …

tRophicPosition, an r package for the Bayesian estimation of trophic position from consumer stable isotope ratios

C Quezada‐Romegialli, AL Jackson… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis provides a powerful tool to identify the energy sources which fuel
consumers, to understand trophic interactions and to infer consumer trophic position (TP), an …

Current methods and future directions in avian diet analysis

BD Hoenig, AM Snider, AM Forsman, KA Hobson… - The Auk, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Identifying the composition of avian diets is a critical step in characterizing the roles of birds
within ecosystems. However, because birds are a diverse taxonomic group with equally …

Reevaluating trophic discrimination factors (Δδ13C and Δδ15N) for diet reconstruction

RB Stephens, AP Ouimette, EA Hobbie… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis is increasingly being used to assess diet and trophic positions of
animals. Such assessments require estimates of trophic discrimination factors (TDFs)—offset …

Variability in δ13C and δ15N trophic discrimination factors for teleost fishes: a meta-analysis of temperature and dietary effects

JA Canseco, EJ Niklitschek, C Harrod - Reviews in Fish Biology and …, 2022 - Springer
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) is widely used to assess animal diet and movements, requiring
accurate estimates of trophic discrimination factors (TDFs). Since TDFs are only available for …

Aquatic and terrestrial resources are not nutritionally reciprocal for consumers

CW Twining, JT Brenna, P Lawrence… - Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems are connected through reciprocal fluxes of energy and
nutrients that can subsidize consumers. Past research on reciprocal aquatic–terrestrial …

Human-modified landscapes alter mammal resource and habitat use and trophic structure

M Magioli, MZ Moreira, RCB Fonseca… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
The broad negative consequences of habitat degradation on biodiversity have been studied,
but the complex effects of natural–agricultural landscape matrices remain poorly …

Evaluating Bayesian stable isotope mixing models of wild animal diet and the effects of trophic discrimination factors and informative priors

GJF Swan, S Bearhop, SM Redpath… - Methods in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ecologists quantify animal diets using direct and indirect methods, including analysis of
faeces, pellets, prey items and gut contents. For stable isotope analyses of diet, Bayesian …

Oxygen (δ18O) and carbon (δ13C) isotopic distinction in sequentially sampled tooth enamel of co-localized wild and domesticated caprines: Complications to …

CA Makarewicz, S Pederzani - Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology …, 2017 - Elsevier
Dietary intake, drinking behavior, and physiology together influence the isotopic composition
of herbivore tooth enamel, but the degree to which these factors influence the sequence of δ …