| Title |
Tracking Cats: Problems with Placing Feline Carnivores on δ18O, δD Isoscapes
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0024601 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stephanie J. Pietsch, Keith A. Hobson, Leonard I. Wassenaar, Thomas Tütken |
| Abstract |
Several felids are endangered and threatened by the illegal wildlife trade. Establishing geographic origin of tissues of endangered species is thus crucial for wildlife crime investigations and effective conservation strategies. As shown in other species, stable isotope analysis of hydrogen and oxygen in hair (δD(h), δ(18)O(h)) can be used as a tool for provenance determination. However, reliably predicting the spatial distribution of δD(h) and δ(18)O(h) requires confirmation from animal tissues of known origin and a detailed understanding of the isotopic routing of dietary nutrients into felid hair. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 50% |
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 2% |
| Portugal | 2 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 1% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | <1% |
| Turkey | 1 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 4 | 2% |
| Unknown | 179 | 91% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 20% |
| Researcher | 38 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 31 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 28 | 14% |
| Unknown | 32 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 101 | 52% |
| Environmental Science | 29 | 15% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 11 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 6 | 3% |
| Unknown | 42 | 21% |