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Stable carbon isotope ratios as indicators of marine versus terrestrial inputs to the diets of wild and captive tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus)

Alison Cree Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand E-mail: [email protected]
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Graeme L. Lyon Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 31312, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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Linda Cartland‐Shaw Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Claudine Tyrrell Department of Zoology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Pages 243-253 | Received 31 Jul 1998, Accepted 10 Mar 1999, Published online: 30 Mar 2010

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