Assessing seasonal changes in animal diets with stable-isotope analysis of amino acids: a migratory boreal songbird switches diet over its annual cycle

Stable carbon isotopic analysis of amino acids in a simplified food chain consisting of the green alga Chlorella spp., the calanoid copepod Calanus sinicus, and the Japanese anchovy (Engraulis japonicus)

(2018) Hai-zhen Liu et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

How do energy stores and changes in these affect departure decisions by migratory birds? A critical view on stopover ecology studies and some future perspectives

(2017) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Does the proportion of arthropods versus fruit in the diet influence overwintering condition of an omnivorous songbird?

(2017) Emily A. McKinnon et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

‘Trophic’ and ‘source’ amino acids in trophic estimation: a likely metabolic explanation

(2017) T. C. O’Connell   OECOLOGIA

The dietary protein paradox and threonine15N-depletion: Pyridoxal-5'-phosphate enzyme activity as a mechanism for the δ15N trophic level effect

(2017) Benjamin T. Fuller et al.   RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY

Fuel loads acquired at a stopover site influence the pace of intercontinental migration in a boreal songbird

(2017) Camila Gómez et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of breeding versus winter habitat loss and fragmentation on the population dynamics of a migratory songbird

(2016) Caz M. Taylor et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Amino Acid Specific Stable Nitrogen Isotope Values in Avian Tissues: Insights from Captive American Kestrels and Wild Herring Gulls

(2016) C. E. Hebert et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The dominant detritus-feeding invertebrate in Arctic peat soils derives its essential amino acids from gut symbionts

(2016) Thomas Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Inter-annual site fidelity and breeding origins of Gray-cheeked Thrushes in white sand forests of the Peruvian Amazon

(2016) Judit Ungvari-Martin et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Why fly the extra mile? Latitudinal trend in migratory fuel deposition rate as driver of trans-equatorial long-distance migration

(2016) Yaara Aharon-Rotman et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Stable Isotope Ratios as Biomarkers of Diet for Health Research

(2015) Diane M. O'Brien   Annual Review of Nutrition

Trophic position estimates of marine teleosts using amino acid compound specific isotopic analysis

(2015) Christina J. Bradley et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

Meta-analysis of amino acid stable nitrogen isotope ratios for estimating trophic position in marine organisms

(2015) Jens M. Nielsen et al.   OECOLOGIA

Carbon and nitrogen isotope fractionation of amino acids in an avian marine predator, the gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua)

(2015) Kelton W. McMahon et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Consequences of employing amino acid vs. bulk-tissue, stable isotope analysis: a laboratory trophic position experiment

(2015) R. E. Bowes et al.   Ecosphere

ON THE EVOLUTION OF MIGRATION IN HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS

(2014) François Blanquart et al.   EVOLUTION

Amino Acid  13C Analysis Shows Flexibility in the Routing of Dietary Protein and Lipids to the Tissue of an Omnivore

(2014) S. D. Newsome et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Avian claw morphometry and growth determine the temporal pattern of archived stable isotopes

(2014) Steffen Hahn et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Agricultural Lands Subsidize Winter Diet of the Dunlin at Two Major Estuaries

(2013) Keith A. Hobson et al.   CONDOR

Reconstructing transoceanic migration patterns of Pacific bluefin tuna using a chemical tracer toolbox

(2013) Daniel J. Madigan et al.   ECOLOGY

Tracing the biosynthetic source of essential amino acids in marine turtles using δ13C fingerprints

(2013) Karen E. Arthur et al.   ECOLOGY

Energy reserves stored by migrating Gray-cheeked ThrushesCatharus minimusat a spring stopover site in northern Colombia are sufficient for a long-distance flight to North America

(2013) Nicholas J. Bayly et al.   IBIS

Trophic Hierarchies Illuminated via Amino Acid Isotopic Analysis

(2013) Shawn A. Steffan et al.   PLoS One

Tracing Carbon Sources through Aquatic and Terrestrial Food Webs Using Amino Acid Stable Isotope Fingerprinting

(2013) Thomas Larsen et al.   PLoS One

Tools for quantifying isotopic niche space and dietary variation at the individual and population level

(2012) Seth D. Newsome et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Advances in Linking Wintering Migrant Birds to Their Breeding-Ground Origins Using Combined Analyses of Genetic and Stable Isotope Markers

(2012) Amy A. Chabot et al.   PLoS One

On the Use of Stable Isotopes in Trophic Ecology

(2011) William J. Boecklen et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Applying stable isotopes to examine food-web structure: an overview of analytical tools

(2011) Craig A. Layman et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Contributions of direct incorporation from diet and microbial amino acids to protein synthesis in Nile tilapia

(2011) Seth D. Newsome et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Determination of aquatic food-web structure based on compound-specific nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

(2011) Yoshito Chikaraishi et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

Flight at Low Ambient Humidity Increases Protein Catabolism in Migratory Birds

(2011) A. R. Gerson et al.   SCIENCE

Isoscapes: Spatial Pattern in Isotopic Biogeochemistry

(2010) Gabriel J. Bowen   Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Patterns of Fuel Use and Storage in Migrating Passerines in Relation to Fruit Resources at Autumn Stopover Sites

(2010) Susan B. Smith et al.   AUK

Dietary lipid composition and avian migratory flight performance: Development of a theoretical framework for avian fat storage

(2010) Edwin R. Price   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Neotropical Winter Habitat of the Magnolia Warbler: Effects on Molt, Energetic Condition, Migration Timing, and Hematozoan Infection During Spring Migration

(2010) Aaron T. Boone et al.   CONDOR

Carbon isotope fractionation of amino acids in fish muscle reflects biosynthesis and isotopic routing from dietary protein

(2010) Kelton W. McMahon et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Using deuterium to examine altitudinal migration by Andean birds

(2010) Jessica L. Hardesty et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Stable isotope fingerprinting: a novel method for identifying plant, fungal, or bacterial origins of amino acids

(2009) Thomas Larsen et al.   ECOLOGY

Nitrogen and carbon isotope values of individual amino acids: a tool to study foraging ecology of penguins in the Southern Ocean

(2009) A Lorrain et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Mass changes in migrating birds: the evidence for fat and protein storage re-examined

(2008) ÅKE LINDSTRÖM et al.   IBIS

Nutrient routing in omnivorous animals tracked by stable carbon isotopes in tissue and exhaled breath

(2008) Christian C. Voigt et al.   OECOLOGIA