Assessing the applicability of stable isotope analysis to determine the contribution of landfills to vultures’ diet

Helena Tauler-Ametller; Antonio Hernández-Matías; Francesc Parés; Joan Ll. Pretus; Joan Real

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0196044

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Assessing the applicability of stable isotope analysis to determine the contribution of landfills to vultures’ diet

Helena Tauler-Ametller ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: htauler@ub.edu

Affiliations Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia and Institut de la Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBIO), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, Equip de Biologia de la Conservació, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2020-2171

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Antonio Hernández-Matías,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia and Institut de la Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBIO), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, Equip de Biologia de la Conservació, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, Departament de Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Ciències, Universitat de Girona, Campus Montilivi, Girona, Catalunya, Spain
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Francesc Parés,

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliations Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia and Institut de la Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBIO), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, Equip de Biologia de la Conservació, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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Joan Ll. Pretus,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia and Institut de la Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBIO), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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Joan Real

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia and Institut de la Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBIO), Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain, Equip de Biologia de la Conservació, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
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Assessing the applicability of stable isotope analysis to determine the contribution of landfills to vultures’ diet

Helena Tauler-Ametller,
Antonio Hernández-Matías,
Francesc Parés,
Joan Ll. Pretus,
Joan Real

Published: May 2, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0196044

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