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Incorporating concentration dependence in stable isotope mixing models: a reply to Robbins, Hilderbrand and Farley (2002)

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA

    Paul L. Koch

  2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, 200 SW 35th St., Corvallis, OR, 97333, USA

    Donald L. Phillips

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Koch, P.L., Phillips, D.L. Incorporating concentration dependence in stable isotope mixing models: a reply to Robbins, Hilderbrand and Farley (2002). Oecologia 133, 14–18 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-002-0977-6

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