Tracing the diet of the monitor lizard Varanus mabitang by stable isotope analyses (δ15N, δ13C)

@article{Struck2002TracingTD,
  title={Tracing the diet of the monitor lizard Varanus mabitang by stable isotope analyses ($\delta$15N, $\delta$13C)},
  author={Ulrich Struck and Alexander Volker Altenbach and Maren Gaulke and Frank Glaw},
  journal={Naturwissenschaften},
  year={2002},
  volume={89},
  pages={470-473}
}
Abstract. In this study, we used analyses of stable isotopes of nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C) to determine the trophic ecology of the monitor lizard Varanus mabitang. Stable isotopes from claws, gut contents, and soft tissues were measured from the type specimen. Samples from Varanus olivaceus, Varanus prasinus, Varanus salvator, the herbivorous agamid lizard Hydrosaurus pustulatus, and some plant matter were included for comparison. Our data show a rapid decrease in δ13C (about10‰) from… 
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