Biases in the analysis of stable isotope discrimination in food webs
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Biases in the analysis of stable isotope discrimination in food webs Karl Auerswald*, Maximilian H. O. M. Wittmer, Antoine Zazzo, Rudi Schäufele and Hans Schnyder Lehrstuhl Für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Am Hochanger 1, D-85350 Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany; and CNRS Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, UMR 7209 ‘‘Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique : Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements’’ USM 303 Département Ecologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité CP 56, 55, rue Buffon, F-75231 Paris cedex 05, France
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