Applications of stable isotope analysis in mammalian ecology

Abstract

In this editorial, we provide a brief introduction and summarize the 10 research articles included in this Special Issue on Applications of stable isotope analysis in mammalian ecology. The first three articles report correction and discrimination factors that can be used to more accurately estimate the diets of extinct and extant mammals using stable isotope analysis. The remaining seven applied research articles use stable isotope analysis to address a variety of wildlife conservation and management questions from the oceans to the mountains.

Keywords:

• animals
• carbon-13
• diet
• isotope ecology
• mammals
• nitrogen-15
• sulfur-34

Acknowledgements

We thank the editors of Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies for welcoming this Special Issue and we are grateful to our colleagues for their contributions.