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Stable isotopes in ecological studies

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  1. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA), 301 Evans Bay Parade, PO Box 14-901, Wellington, New Zealand

    David R. Thompson & Sarah J. Bury

  2. Environment Canada, Prairie and Northern Wildlife Research Center, 115 Perimeter Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X4, Canada

    Keith A. Hobson

  3. Stable Isotope Hydrology& Ecol. Lab, National Water Research Institute, 11 Innovation Blvd, Saskatoon, SK S7N 3H5, Canada

    Leonard I. Wassenaar

  4. Department of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, PO BOX 5640, S. Beaver St. Bldg 21, Flagstaff, AZ, 86011, USA

    Joseph P. Shannon

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Thompson, D.R., Bury, S.J., Hobson, K.A. et al. Stable isotopes in ecological studies. Oecologia 144, 517–519 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-005-0171-8

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