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. 2019 Nov 1;7:33. doi: 10.1186/s40462-019-0174-4

Table 2.

Assignment conditions adopted for stable isotope-based location of puffins and razorbills against isoscapes derived from jellyfish tissue [58]

Variable Isoscape Jellyfish Seabird Assignment
Puffin Razorbill
2007/08 2014/15 2007/08 2014/15
Measurement error (σ) δ13C & δ15N: 0.2 δ13C & δ15N: 0.2
Between-individual variance (measured) δ13C: 0.78, δ15N: 1.02

δ13C: 0.60,

δ15N: 2.74

δ13C: 0.52, δ15N: 0.91

δ13C: 0.63,

δ15N: 2.10

δ13C: 0.51, δ15N: 0.58
Calibration-Offset and variance values NA Derived – see Results Table 3 below.
Threshold odds ratio NA 1.42