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Using Isoscapes to Track Animal Migration

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Movement patterns and annual migrations of animals are vital components of their ecology but have generally been poorly studied due to fundamental limitations in using exogenous markers. Stable isotope measurements of animal tissues represent endogenous markers that can provide information on origins because they reflect isoscape patterns occurring at various scales. In cases where animals move among isotopically distinct regions or over isotopic gradients, the isotopic measurement of a tissue representing the appropriate period of dietary integration can be used to place animals spatially and temporally. Detailed information on animal ranges, isoscape pattern and the dynamics of isotopic turnover in various tissues allows the placement of individuals or populations to solution space within isoscapes. Basic principles and examples of tracking migratory animals using stable isotopes are provided with particular emphasis on the use of the stable isotopes of the elements C, N, H, O and Sr. Improvements in our understanding of the factors causing annual deviations from isoscape patterns based on long-term datasets are needed to improve resolution of placing animals to origins.

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Acknowledgments

KAH thanks John Morrison for providing early δD measurements of Bowhead Whale baleen depicted here. Steve van Wilgenburg assisted with figures and GIS methods. RB thanks Corey Phillis for compiling 87Sr/86Sr values from the literature and Matthew Jones for creating the GIS map displaying 87Sr/86Sr data. We thank the organizers of the ISOSCAPE meeting in Santa Barbara for their kind invitation to present his work.

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  2. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California Santa Cruz, 100 Schaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060, USA

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  3. Department of Geology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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Hobson, K.A., Barnett-Johnson, R., Cerling, T. (2010). Using Isoscapes to Track Animal Migration. In: West, J., Bowen, G., Dawson, T., Tu, K. (eds) Isoscapes. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3354-3_13

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