Hydrogen isotopes are unique tools for identifying and understanding biological and
chemical processes. Hydrogen isotope labelling allows for the traceless and direct …

Stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur are used as ecological tracers for a variety of
applications, such as studies of animal migrations, energy sources, and food web pathways …

Stable isotope mixing models are increasingly used to quantify consumer diets, but may be
misused and misinterpreted. We address major challenges to their effective application …

Background Stable isotope analysis is increasingly being utilised across broad areas of
ecology and biology. Key to much of this work is the use of mixing models to estimate the …

Stable isotope analysis (SIA) has proven to be a useful tool in reconstructing diets,
characterizing trophic relationships, elucidating patterns of resource allocation, and …

Abstract We open this Special Feature on stable isotopes in mammalian research with a
beginner's guide, an introduction to the novice and a refresher to the well-versed. In this …

Despite the major importance of soil biota in nutrient and energy fluxes, interactions in soil
food webs are poorly understood. Here we provide an overview of recent advances in …

Stable isotopes are now used widely in ecological studies, including diet reconstruction,
where quantitative inferences about diet composition are derived from the use of mixing …

Biogeochemical methods using stable isotopes and trace elements have been increasingly
developed and applied to reconstruct modern and ancient breastfeeding and weaning …

A common use of stable isotope analysis in mammalogy is to make inferences about diet
from isotope values (typically δ13C and δ15N) measured in tissues and food sources of a …