Source partitioning using stable isotopes: coping with too many sources

2003/07/01 by Donald L. Phillips, Jillian W. Gregg · 2,068 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Biology #Ecology #Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry #Isotope #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Isotope analysis #Materials science #Physics #Pollution #Radioactive contamination and transfer #Range (aeronautics) #Stable isotope ratio

paper · doi:10.1007/s00442-003-1218-3

published in Oecologia 136(2), 261-269 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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