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Koehler G, Hobson KA. Delineating origins of cheetah cubs in the illegal wildlife trade: Improvements based on the use of hair δ18O measurements. Front Ecol Evol 2023. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2023.1058985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
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All African felids are listed as vulnerable or endangered according to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List of Threatened Species. Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) in particular have declined rapidly as a result of human impacts so that development of effective strategies and tools for conservation of this highly vulnerable species, as well as African felids in general, are essential for their survival in the wild. Here we use the oxygen stable isotopic compositions of cheetah hair to determine origins of cheetah cubs destined for the illegal exotic pet trade by associating individual cubs with predicted δ18O isoscape locations. We found that cheetah cubs most likely originated in East Africa, close to the corridors responsible for this aspect of the illegal wildlife trade to the Middle East. Further refinement of these assignments using a two isotope analysis (δ18O and δ13C values) indicate that these cubs were likely sourced in Southern Ethiopia or possibly as far as Tanzania. We also demonstrate that δ18O values in tissues can provide provenance information in cases where results of δ2H analyses may be obscured by the effects of metabolic routing of nutrients during nursing, starvation, or dehydration. This study demonstrates the utility of stable isotopic tools for conservation and forensic uses for endangered mammalian species.
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Peraza I, Chételat J, Richardson M, Jung TS, Awan M, Baryluk S, Dastoor A, Harrower W, Kukka PM, McClelland C, Mowat G, Pelletier N, Rodford C, Ryjkov A. Diet and landscape characteristics drive spatial patterns of mercury accumulation in a high-latitude terrestrial carnivore. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0285826. [PMID: 37186585 PMCID: PMC10184919 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0285826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 05/02/2023] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
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Limited information exists on mercury concentrations and environmental drivers of mercury bioaccumulation in high latitude terrestrial carnivores. Spatial patterns of mercury concentrations in wolverine (Gulo gulo, n = 419) were assessed across a 1,600,000 km2 study area in relation to landscape, climate, diet and biological factors in Arctic and boreal biomes of western Canada. Hydrogen stable isotope ratios were measured in wolverine hair from a subset of 80 animals to assess the spatial scale for characterizing environmental conditions of their habitat. Habitat characteristics were determined using GIS methods and raster datasets at two scales, the collection location point and a 150 km radius buffer, which was selected based on results of a correlation analysis between hydrogen stable isotopes in precipitation and wolverine hair. Total mercury concentrations in wolverine muscle ranged >2 orders of magnitude from 0.01 to 5.72 μg/g dry weight and varied geographically, with the highest concentrations in the Northwest Territories followed by Nunavut and Yukon. Regression models at both spatial scales indicated diet (based on nitrogen stable isotope ratios) was the strongest explanatory variable of mercury concentrations in wolverine, with smaller though statistically significant contributions from landscape variables (soil organic carbon, percent cover of wet area, percent cover of perennial snow-ice) and distance to the Arctic Ocean coast. The carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of wolverine muscle suggested greater mercury bioaccumulation could be associated with feeding on marine biota in coastal habitats. Landscape variables identified in the modelling may reflect habitat conditions which support enhanced methylmercury transfer to terrestrial biota. Spatially-explicit estimates of wet atmospheric deposition were positively correlated with wolverine mercury concentrations but this variable was not selected in the final regression models. These landscape patterns provide a basis for further research on underlying processes enhancing methylmercury uptake in high latitude terrestrial food webs.
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- Inés Peraza
- Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Geography and Environmental Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Environment, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
- Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Environment, Government of Nunavut, Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada
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- Environment and Natural Resources, Government of the Northwest Territories, Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Research Division, Dorval, Quebec, Canada
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- Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Environment, Government of Yukon, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Ministry of Forests, British Columbia Government, Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences, University of British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Research Division, Dorval, Quebec, Canada
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Wommack EA, Marrack LC, Mambelli S, Hull JM, Dawson TE. Using oxygen and hydrogen stable isotopes to track the migratory movement of Sharp-shinned Hawks (Accipiter striatus) along Western Flyways of North America. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0226318. [PMID: 33201878 PMCID: PMC7671529 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 10/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The large-scale patterns of movement for the Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus), a small forest hawk found throughout western North America, are largely unknown. However, based on field observations we set out to test the hypothesis that juvenile migratory A. striatus caught along two distinct migration routes on opposite sides of the Sierra Nevada Mountains of North America (Pacific Coast and Intermountain Migratory Flyways) come from geographically different natal populations. We applied stable isotope analysis of hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) of feathers, and large scale models of spatial isotopic variation (isoscapes) to formulate spatially explicit predictions of the origin of the migrant birds. Novel relationships were assessed between the measured hydrogen and oxygen isotope values of feathers from A. striatus museum specimens of known origin and the isoscape modeled hydrogen and oxygen isotope values of precipitation at those known locations. We used these relationships to predict the origin regions for birds migrating along the two flyways from the measured isotope values of migrant’s feathers and the associated hydrogen and oxygen isotopic composition of precipitation where these feathers were formed. The birds from the two migration routes had overlap in their natal/breeding origins and did not differentiate into fully separate migratory populations, with birds from the Pacific Coast Migratory Flyway showing broader natal geographic origins than those from the Intermountain Flyway. The methodology based on oxygen isotopes had, in general, less predictive power than the one based on hydrogen. There was broad agreement between the two isotope approaches in the geographic assignment of the origins of birds migrating along the Pacific Coast Flyway, but not for those migrating along the Intermountain Migratory Flyway. These results are discussed in terms of their implications for conservation efforts of A. striatus in western North America, and the use of combined hydrogen and oxygen stable isotope analysis to track the movement of birds of prey on continental scales.
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- Elizabeth A. Wommack
- Department of Zoology & Physiology, University of Wyoming Museum of Vertebrates, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, United States of America
- Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, Sausalito, California, United States of America
- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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- Golden Gate Raptor Observatory, Sausalito, California, United States of America
- Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, California, United States of America
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- Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
- Center for Stable Isotope Biogeochemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Gauffier P, Borrell A, Silva MA, Víkingsson GA, López A, Giménez J, Colaço A, Halldórsson SD, Vighi M, Prieto R, de Stephanis R, Aguilar A. Wait your turn, North Atlantic fin whales share a common feeding ground sequentially. MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH 2020; 155:104884. [PMID: 32072986 DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2020.104884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Revised: 01/10/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Highly migratory marine species pose a challenge for the identification of management units due to the absence of clear oceanographic barriers. The population structure of North Atlantic fin whales has been investigated since the start of whaling operations but is still the subject of an ongoing scientific debate. Here we measured stable isotopes of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in skin samples collected from 151 individuals from western Iceland, Galicia (NW Spain), the Azores archipelago and the Strait of Gibraltar (SoG). We found spatiotemporal differences in stable isotope ratios suggesting that fin whales sampled in these four areas may share a common feeding ground within the Northeast Atlantic at different times during the year. Our results also suggest that SoG whales use this common feeding ground in summer but exploit Mediterranean resources during the winter months, further supporting the existence of a limited but current exchange of individuals between these two basins.
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- Pauline Gauffier
- CIRCE, Cabeza de Manzaneda, 3, 11390, Pelayo, Algeciras, Spain; Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, IRBio, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, IRBio, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Okeanos Centre & Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), University of the Azores, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal; Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, 02543, USA
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- Marine and Freshwater Research Institute, Skúlagata 4, 101, Reykjavík, Iceland
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- Departamento de Biologia & CESAM, Universidade de Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal; Coordinadora para o Estudo dos Mamíferos Mariños (CEMMA), P.O. Box 15, 36380, Pontevedra, Gondomar, Spain
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- Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC), Passeig Maritim 37-49, 08003, Barcelona, Spain; MaREI Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy, Environmental Research Institute, Beaufort Building, University College Cork, Ringaskiddy, P43 C573 Cork, Ireland; School of Biological, Earth, and Environmental Sciences (BEES), University College Cork, Distillery Fields, North Mall, T23 N73K Cork, Ireland
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- Okeanos Centre & Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), University of the Azores, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, IRBio, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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- Okeanos Centre & Institute of Marine Research (IMAR), University of the Azores, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal; MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre and IMAR, Institute of Marine Research, University of the Azores, 9901-862, Horta, Portugal
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- CIRCE, Cabeza de Manzaneda, 3, 11390, Pelayo, Algeciras, Spain; Instituto Español de Oceanografía, Centro Oceanográfico de Málaga, Puerto Pesquero s/n, 29640 Fuengirola, Málaga, Spain
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- Department of Evolutionary Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, IRBio, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, 08028, Barcelona, Spain
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Mechanistic model predicts tissue–environment relationships and trophic shifts in animal hydrogen and oxygen isotope ratios. Oecologia 2019; 191:777-789. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-019-04532-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2019] [Accepted: 10/04/2019] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Crowley BE, Wultsch C, Kelly MJ. Does faecal matter reflect location? An initial assessment of isotopic variability between consumed prey remains and faecal matter for wild jaguars . ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES 2019; 55:478-498. [PMID: 31402710 DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2019.1648263] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/01/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Faecal isotopic analysis may complement other non-invasive wildlife survey tools for monitoring landscape use by carnivores, such as motion-detecting cameras and non-invasive genetic sampling. We analysed carbon, nitrogen, and strontium isotopes in faecal matter produced by jaguars (Panthera onca) as well as bones from consumed prey at the Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve (MPR) in Belize, Central America. The MPR is ideally suited for a spatial isotope study as vegetation and geology both vary considerably. The isotopic composition of faecal matter should reflect the habitat and geology where consumed prey lived. We used bone from consumed prey recovered from jaguar scats as a proxy for diet. Faecal matter and bone showed comparable spatial isotopic trends, suggesting that the isotopic composition of jaguar faeces can be used to detect foraging in different habitats (pine forest versus broadleaf forest) or on different geologies (Mesozoic carbonates; Palaeozoic granite, contact metamorphics, and metasediments). This result is reassuring as bones are not always present in carnivore scats. Studying landscape use by cryptic and wide-ranging carnivore species like jaguars remains challenging. Isotopic analysis of faecal matter complements the existing array of non-invasive spatial monitoring tools.
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- Brooke E Crowley
- Department of Geology, University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , OH , USA
- Department of Anthropology, University of Cincinnati , Cincinnati , OH , USA
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- Bioinformatics and Computational Genomics Laboratory, Hunter College, City University of New York , New York , NY , USA
- Sackler Institute for Comparative Genomics, American Museum of Natural History , New York , NY , USA
- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA , USA
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- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation, Virginia Tech , Blacksburg , VA , USA
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Koehler G, Hobson KA. Tracking cats revisited: Placing terrestrial mammalian carnivores on δ2H and δ18O isoscapes. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0221876. [PMID: 31479471 PMCID: PMC6720029 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0221876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The relationship between hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopic compositions in environmental water and hair was investigated for both domestic cats (Felis catus) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris). A strong, but different, covariance was measured between the hydrogen and oxygen stable isotopic compositions of local precipitation and hair keratin from both cats and dogs. These isotopic differences are most likely a result of the differences between the dietary and drinking water needs of cats compared to dogs. Moreover, the δ2H and δ18O values of hair from captive and wild felids and canids, such as cougars (Puma concolor), bobcats (Lynx rufus), and wolves (Canis lupus) are broadly consistent with these measurements. This evidence indicates that while the water budgets of terrestrial mammalian carnivores need to be considered in isotopic applications, it is clear that felids and canids may be placed on tissue–specific hydrogen and oxygen isotopic landscapes for ecological, provenance, or forensic studies.
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- Geoff Koehler
- NHRC Stable Isotope Laboratory, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
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- NHRC Stable Isotope Laboratory, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada
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Meier-Augenstein W. From stable isotope ecology to forensic isotope ecology - Isotopes' tales. Forensic Sci Int 2019; 300:89-98. [PMID: 31085431 DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.04.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Stable isotope ecology and forensic isotope ecology are not only linked by name. More often than not, knowledge and insights gained through the former serve as a springboard for application focused work of the latter. This review aims to offer a glimpse into the fascinating world of both though with more emphasis on forensic isotope ecology. To this end a selection of past and recent published work is presented and discussed to highlight both potential and limitations of isotopic analytical approaches to the detection of illegal trade in plants and animals.
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- Wolfram Meier-Augenstein
- School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Robert Gordon University, The Sir Ian Wood Building, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen, AB10 7GJ, UK.
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Topalov K, Schimmelmann A, Polly PD, Sauer PE, Viswanathan S. Stable isotopes of H, C and N in mice bone collagen as a reflection of isotopically controlled food and water intake . ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES 2019; 55:129-149. [PMID: 30793970 DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2019.1580279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/04/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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2H/1H ratios in animal biomass reflect isotopic input from food and water. A 10-week controlled laboratory study raised 48 mice divided in two generations (8 mothers Mus musculus and their offspring). The mice were divided into four groups based on the combination of 2H, 13C, 15N-enriched and non-enriched food and water. Glycine, the most common amino acid in bone collagen, carried the 2H, 13C, 15N-isotopic spike in food. ANOVA data analysis indicated that hydrogen in food accounted for ∼81 % of the hydrogen isotope inventory in collagen whereas drinking water hydrogen contributed ∼17 %. Air humidity contributed an unspecified amount. Additionally, we monitored 13C and 15N-enrichment in bone collagen and found strong linear correlations with the 2H-enrichment. The experiments with food and water indicate two biosynthetic pathways, namely (i) de novo creation of non-essential amino acids using hydrogen from water, and (ii) the integration of essential and non-essential amino acids from food. The lower rate of isotope uptake in mothers' collagen relative to their offspring indicates incomplete bone collagen turnover after ten weeks. The variance of hydrogen stable isotope ratios within the same cohort may limit its usefulness as a single sample proxy for archaeological or palaeoenvironmental research.
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- Katarina Topalov
- a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA
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- a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA
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- a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA
- b Environmental Resilience Institute , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA
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- a Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences , Indiana University , Bloomington , IN , USA
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Shin WJ, Choi SH, Ryu JS, Song BY, Song JH, Park S, Min JS. Discrimination of the geographic origin of pork using multi-isotopes and statistical analysis. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2018; 32:1843-1850. [PMID: 30074644 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2018] [Revised: 07/22/2018] [Accepted: 07/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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RATIONALE While global pork production has grown exponentially in recent decades to 109 Mt in 2010, methods aimed at verifying the geographic origin of pork products have yet to be thoroughly investigated. Here, we analyzed pork samples available in South Korea in order to discriminate their geographic origin. METHODS A total of the 37 pork samples originated from South Korea and other countries (Denmark, Germany, France, Spain, Canada and Mexico) were collected in order to classify their geographic origins using multi-isotope ratios, such as δ18 O, δ2 H, δ13 C, δ15 N values measured by IRMS, 87 Sr/86 Sr ratios measured by MC-ICP-MS, and multivariate statistical approaches. RESULTS There is a wide range of 87 Sr/86 Sr ratios in the pork samples, varying from 0.70779 to 0.71245, due to the lithology where the pork was raised. Canadian samples displayed the lowest δ18 O and δ2 H values mainly due to the latitude effect. Furthermore, the δ13 C values of European and Canadian samples were lower than those of Korean and Mexican samples, depending on whether the feed was composed of either C3 or C4 plants. The δ15 N values of the European and Canadian samples were much higher than those of the other samples, possibly resulting from the δ15 N values of the feed. CONCLUSIONS While differences in pork samples were observed that depended on geographic origin, this study suggests that more detailed investigations are needed to validate whether a combination of multi-isotope and multivariate statistical approaches is a valid method for determining the geographic origin of pork.
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- Woo-Jin Shin
- Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute, Chungbuk, 28119, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute, Chungbuk, 28119, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute, Chungbuk, 28119, Republic of Korea
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- Chemical Analysis Division, National Forensic Service, Gangwon, 26460, Republic of Korea
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- Chemical Analysis Division, National Forensic Service, Gangwon, 26460, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Korea Basic Science Institute, Chungbuk, 28119, Republic of Korea
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- Chemical Analysis Division, National Forensic Service, Gangwon, 26460, Republic of Korea
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Assimilation and discrimination of hydrogen isotopes in a terrestrial mammal. Oecologia 2018; 188:381-393. [DOI: 10.1007/s00442-018-4221-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Accepted: 07/05/2018] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Chen G, Schnyder H, Auerswald K. Model explanation of the seasonal variation of δ 18O in cow (Bos taurus) hair under temperate conditions. Sci Rep 2017; 7:320. [PMID: 28337022 PMCID: PMC5428254 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-00361-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Oxygen isotopes (δ18O) in animal and human tissues are expected to be good recorders of geographical origin and migration histories. However, seasonal variation of δ18O may diminish the origin information in the tissues. Here the seasonality of δ18O in tail hair was investigated in a domestic suckler cow (Bos taurus) that underwent different ambient conditions, physiological states, keeping and feeding during five years. A detailed mechanistic model was built to explain this variation. The measured δ18O in hair significantly related (p < 0.05) to the δ18O in meteoric water in a regression analysis. Modelling suggested that this relation was only partly derived from the direct influence of feed moisture. Ambient conditions (temperature, moisture) also affected the animal itself (drinking water demand, transcutaneous vapor etc.). The clear temporal variation thus resulted from complex interactions with multiple influences. The twofold influence of ambient conditions via the feed and via the animal itself is advantageous for tracing the geographic origin because δ18O is then less influenced by variations in moisture uptake; however, it is unfavorable for indicating the production system, e.g. to distinguish between milk produced from fresh grass or from silage. The model is versatile but needs testing under a wider range of conditions.
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- Guo Chen
- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, Freising-Weihenstephan, 85354, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, Freising-Weihenstephan, 85354, Germany
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- Lehrstuhl für Grünlandlehre, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 12, Freising-Weihenstephan, 85354, Germany.
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Reynard LM, Burt N, Koon HEC, Tuross N. Limits and possibilities in the geolocation of humans using multiple isotope ratios (H, O, N, C) of hair from east coast cities of the USA. ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES 2016; 52:498-512. [PMID: 26916842 DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2016.1143821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/27/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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We examined multiple natural abundance isotope ratios of human hair to assess biological variability within and between geographic locations and, further, to determine how well these isotope values predict location of origin. Sampling locations feature differing seasonality and mobile populations as a robust test of the method. Serially-sampled hair from Cambridge, MA, USA, shows lower δ(2)H and δ(18)O variability over a one-year time course than model-predicted precipitation isotope ratios, but exhibits considerable differences between individuals. Along a ∼13° north-south transect in the eastern USA (Brookline, MA, 42.3 ° N, College Park, MD, 39.0 ° N, and Gainesville, FL, 29.7 ° N) δ(18)O in human hair shows relatively greater differences and tracks changes in drinking water isotope ratios more sensitively than δ(2)H. Determining the domicile of humans using isotope ratios of hair can be confounded by differing variability in hair δ(18)O and δ(2)H between locations, differential incorporation of H and O into this protein and, in some cases, by tap water δ(18)O and δ(2)H that differ significantly from predicted precipitation values. With these caveats, randomly chosen people in Florida are separated from those in the two more northerly sites on the basis of the natural abundance isotopes of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen.
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- Linda M Reynard
- a Department of Human Evolutionary Biology , Harvard University , Cambridge , MA , USA
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- a Department of Human Evolutionary Biology , Harvard University , Cambridge , MA , USA
- b Cleveland Museum of Natural History , Cleveland , OH , USA
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- a Department of Human Evolutionary Biology , Harvard University , Cambridge , MA , USA
- c Archaeological Sciences , University of Bradford , Bradford , UK
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- a Department of Human Evolutionary Biology , Harvard University , Cambridge , MA , USA
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Vander Zanden HB, Soto DX, Bowen GJ, Hobson KA. Expanding the Isotopic Toolbox: Applications of Hydrogen and Oxygen Stable Isotope Ratios to Food Web Studies. Front Ecol Evol 2016. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2016.00020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Pietsch SJ, Tütken T. Oxygen isotope composition of North American bobcat (Lynx rufus) and puma (Puma concolor) bone phosphate: implications for provenance and climate reconstruction. ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES 2015; 52:164-184. [PMID: 27002600 DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2015.1113957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Feline carnivores are threatened by illegal wildlife trade. Tracing the provenance of unknown felid tissues via stable isotope analysis could provide important information in wildlife crime investigations. The oxygen isotope composition of mammalian skeletal phosphate (δ(18)Op) is widely applied to trace the origin of animal remains and to reconstruct migratory patterns in palaeontological, archaeological, ecological and wildlife forensic applications. Teeth and bones of terrestrial mammals form at constant body temperature in isotope equilibrium with body water, which is predominantly controlled by ingested meteoric water (δ(18)Ow) that varies systematically with latitude, altitude and climate. Here we analysed δ(18)Op of 106 North American puma and bobcat bones of known geographic origin to establish the first δ(18)Op-δ(18)Ow regression for feline carnivores: δ(18)Op = 0.40(±0.04) * δ(18)Ow + 20.10(±0.40) (R(2) = 0.46, n = 106). This was compared with those from their respective prey species (deer and rabbit), a canid carnivore (fox) and other placental mammals. Effects of species, sex and relative humidity on the feline δ(18)Op-δ(18)Ow correlation were analysed and additional intra-individual tissue comparisons (hair δ(18)Oh vs. bone δ(18)Op) were performed for some bobcat individuals. Bobcats and pumas exhibited only a moderate δ(18)Op-δ(18)Ow correlation, which differed from canid carnivores and other placental mammals. However, feline δ(18)Op values revealed a moderate relation with δ(18)Ow, which lacks for the δ(18)Oh of hair from the same bobcat individuals. This indicates a difference in oxygen isotope routing from body water to bioapatite and hair. Most herbivores and omnivores track δ(18)Ow in their bioapatite δ(18)Op values much better, whereas δ(18)Op and especially δ(18)Oh values of feline carnivores are less precise proxies for meteoric water δ(18)Ow values and thus for provenance determination in wildlife forensics and palaeoclimate reconstructions. Oxygen isotope fingerprinting of bobcat and puma is biased by factors related to their diet, behaviour and metabolism that need to be better understood.
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- Stephanie J Pietsch
- a Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK) , Zentrum für Molekulare Biodiversitätsforschung (ZMB) , Bonn , Germany
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- b Steinmann-Institut für Geologie, Mineralogie und Paläontologie, Universität Bonn , Bonn , Germany
- c Institut für Geowissenschaften, AG für Analytische und Angewandte Paläontologie, Universität Mainz , Mainz , Germany
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Crowley BE, Melin AD, Yeakel JD, Dominy NJ. Do Oxygen Isotope Values in Collagen Reflect the Ecology and Physiology of Neotropical Mammals? Front Ecol Evol 2015. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2015.00127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Potentials and caveats with oxygen and sulfur stable isotope analyses in authenticity and origin checks of food and food commodities. Food Control 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.06.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pekarsky S, Angert A, Haese B, Werner M, Hobson KA, Nathan R. Enriching the isotopic toolbox for migratory connectivity analysis: a new approach for migratory species breeding in remote or unexplored areas. DIVERS DISTRIB 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Sasha Pekarsky
- Movement Ecology Lab Dept. of Ecology Evolution & Behavior; Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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- The Institute of Earth Sciences; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI); Bussestr. 24 Bremerhaven 27570 Germany
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- Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI); Bussestr. 24 Bremerhaven 27570 Germany
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- Environment Canada; 11 Innovation Blvd Saskatoon SK Canada S7N 3H5
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- Movement Ecology Lab Dept. of Ecology Evolution & Behavior; Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences; The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Jerusalem 91904 Israel
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Hobson KA, Koehler G. On the use of stable oxygen isotope (δ (18)O) measurements for tracking avian movements in North America. Ecol Evol 2015; 5:799-806. [PMID: 25691999 PMCID: PMC4328780 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Revised: 12/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/12/2014] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Tracking migratory animals has benefitted using measurements of naturally occurring stable isotopes of hydrogen (δ (2)H) in keratinous tissues such as hair and feathers to link animal origins to continental patterns or isoscapes of δ (2)H in precipitation. However, for most taxa, much less information exists on the use of stable oxygen isotope ratios (δ (18)O) despite the fact that δ (2)H and δ (18)O are strongly linked in environmental waters through the meteoric relationship and the possibility of using both isotopes to infer greater information on origins and climatic conditions where tissues are grown. A fundamental requirement of using stable isotopes to assign individuals and populations to origins is the development of a rescaling function linking environmental food web signals to the tissue of interest and for birds, this has not been carried out. Here, we derived the relationship between H and O isotopes in known source feathers of 104 individuals representing 11 species of insectivorous passerines sampled across the strong precipitation isoscape of North America. We determined again a strong expected relationship between feather δ (2)H (δ (2)Hf) and long-term amount-weighted precipitation δ (2)H (δ (2)Hp; r (2) = 0.77), but the corresponding relationship between δ (18)Of and δ (18)Op was poor (r (2) = 0.32) for the same samples. This suggests that δ (2)H measurements are currently more useful for assignment of insectivorous songbirds to precipitation isoscapes but does not preclude other uses of the δ (18)Of data. Currently, mechanisms responsible for the decoupling of H and O isotopes in food webs is poorly known, and we advocate a much broader sampling of both isotopes in the same keratinous tissues across precipitation isotope gradients and across taxa to resolve this issue and to increase the power of using water isotopes to track migratory animals.
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- Keith A Hobson
- Environment Canada 11 Innovation Blvd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 3H5
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- Environment Canada 11 Innovation Blvd., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 3H5
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Warsen SA, Frair JL, Teece MA. Isotopic investigation of niche partitioning among native carnivores and the non-native coyote (Canis latrans). ISOTOPES IN ENVIRONMENTAL AND HEALTH STUDIES 2014; 50:414-424. [PMID: 24666214 DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2014.897946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We employed stable carbon (δ(13)C) and nitrogen (δ(15)N) isotopes within a hypothetico-deductive framework to explore potential resource partitioning among terrestrial mammalian carnivores. Isotope values were acquired using guard hair samples from bobcat (Lynx rufus), coyote (Canis latrans), gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus), and red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in the Adirondack Park, NY, USA. Enrichment along the δ(13)C axis was expected to reflect the use of human sources of food (reflecting a corn subsidy), and by extension tolerance for human-modified environments, whereas enrichment along the δ(15)N axis was expected to reflect a higher level of carnivory (i.e. amount of animal-based protein in the diet) - two mechanisms by which these now sympatric species may achieve a dynamic coexistence. Although bobcats were the only obligate carnivore, all four species shared a similar δ(15)N space. In contrast, bobcat had a lower and distinct δ(13)C signature compared to foxes, consistent with the a priori expectation of bobcats being the species least tolerant of human activities. Isotope signatures for coyotes, which colonized the region in the 1920s, overlapped all three native carnivores, bobcats the least, gray fox the most, indicating their potential competitive influence on this suite of native carnivores.
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- Scott A Warsen
- a Department of Environmental and Forest Biology , State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry , Syracuse , NY , USA
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Bontempo L, Ceppa F, Ziller L, Pedrini P, Hobson KA, Wassenaar LI, Camin F. Comparison of methods for stable isotope ratio (δ13C, δ15N, δ2H, δ18O) measurements of feathers. Methods Ecol Evol 2014. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.12165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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- Luana Bontempo
- Department of Food Quality and Nutrition; Research and Innovation Centre; Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM); Via E. Mach 1 38010 San Michele all'Adige Italy
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- Department of Food Quality and Nutrition; Research and Innovation Centre; Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM); Via E. Mach 1 38010 San Michele all'Adige Italy
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- Department of Food Quality and Nutrition; Research and Innovation Centre; Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM); Via E. Mach 1 38010 San Michele all'Adige Italy
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- MUSE - Museo delle Scienze; Sezione Zoologia dei Vertebrati, Corso del Lavoro e della Scienza 3 - 38123 Trento Italy
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- Environment Canada Wildlife Research; West, 11 Innovation Blvd Saskatoon SK S7N 3H5 Canada
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- Isotope Hydrology Laboratory; IAEA - International Atomic Energy Agency; Vienna International Centre; PO Box 100 1400 Vienna Austria
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- Department of Food Quality and Nutrition; Research and Innovation Centre; Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM); Via E. Mach 1 38010 San Michele all'Adige Italy
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Voigt CC, Helbig-Bonitz M, Kramer-Schadt S, Kalko EKV. The third dimension of bat migration: evidence for elevational movements of Miniopterus natalensis along the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Oecologia 2013; 174:751-64. [PMID: 24213722 DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2819-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/22/2013] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bats are important ecosystem service providers, and therefore most relevant for both lowland and highland habitats, particularly in the tropics. Yet, it is poorly understood to what extent they perform large-scale movements, especially movements along mountain slopes. Here, we studied the movement ecology of the potentially migratory species Miniopterus natalensis at Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. We analysed stable isotope ratios of C (δ(13)C), N (δ(15)N) and H (δ(2)H) in keratin of sedentary frugivorous and insectivorous bats captured between 800 and 2,400 m above sea level to establish elevational gradients of stable isotope ratios in consumer tissues. We expected correlations between stable isotope ratios of the non-exchangeable portion of H in fur keratin and the elevation of capture site, but not necessarily for δ(13)C and δ(15)N. Yet, in bats of both feeding ensembles, we found δ(15)N of fur keratin to correlate positively with the elevation of capture sites but not δ(2)H. In frugivorous bats, δ(13)C increased with increasing capture elevation as well. By looking at intra-individual variation of δ(13)C and δ(15)N in fur keratin and wing membrane tissues of sedentary Rhinolophus cf. clivosus and of the potentially migratory species M. natalensis, we gathered evidence that M. natalensis migrates seasonally between low and high elevations along the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro. Finally, based on an isoscape origin model we estimated that M. natalensis captured before and after the cold period at around 1,800 m above sea level originated from around 1,400 m a.s.l. or lower. Thus, we received convergent results in support of seasonal elevational movements of M. natalensis, probably in search for cold hibernacula at higher elevations of Mount Kilimanjaro.
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- Christian C Voigt
- Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Evolutionary Ecology Research Group, Alfred-Kowalke-Strasse 17, 10315, Berlin, Germany,
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Soto DX, Wassenaar LI, Hobson KA. Stable hydrogen and oxygen isotopes in aquatic food webs are tracers of diet and provenance. Funct Ecol 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- David X. Soto
- Environment Canada 11 Innovation Boulevard Saskatoon SK S7N 3H5 Canada
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- Environment Canada 11 Innovation Boulevard Saskatoon SK S7N 3H5 Canada
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Voigt CC, Schneeberger K, Luckner A. Ecological and dietary correlates of stable hydrogen isotope ratios in fur and body water of syntopic tropical bats. Ecology 2013; 94:346-55. [DOI: 10.1890/12-1187.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Hobson KA, Soto DX, Paulson DR, Wassenaar LI, Matthews JH. A dragonfly (δ
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Linking hydrogen (δ2H) isotopes in feathers and precipitation: sources of variance and consequences for assignment to isoscapes. PLoS One 2012; 7:e35137. [PMID: 22509393 PMCID: PMC3324428 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2012] [Accepted: 03/13/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Background Tracking small migrant organisms worldwide has been hampered by technological and recovery limitations and sampling bias inherent in exogenous markers. Naturally occurring stable isotopes of H (δ2H) in feathers provide an alternative intrinsic marker of animal origin due to the predictable spatial linkage to underlying hydrologically driven flow of H isotopes into foodwebs. This approach can assess the likelihood that a migrant animal originated from a given location(s) within a continent but requires a robust algorithm linking H isotopes in tissues of interest to an appropriate hydrological isotopic spatio-temporal pattern, such as weighted-annual rainfall. However, a number of factors contribute to or alter expected isotopic patterns in animals. We present results of an extensive investigation into taxonomic and environmental factors influencing feather δ2H patterns across North America. Principal Findings Stable isotope data were measured from 544 feathers from 40 species and 140 known locations. For δ2H, the most parsimonious model explaining 83% of the isotopic variance was found with amount-weighted growing-season precipitation δ2H, foraging substrate and migratory strategy. Conclusions/Significance This extensive H isotopic analysis of known-origin feathers of songbirds in North America and elsewhere reconfirmed the strong coupling between tissue δ2H and global hydrologic δ2H patterns, and accounting for variance associated with foraging substrate and migratory strategy, can be used in conservation and research for the purpose of assigning birds and other species to their approximate origin.
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