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Stable Isotopes to Determine<br />

Supplement Use<br />

• Tissue Collecti<strong>on</strong><br />

– Tissues collected from supplemented (fed) and<br />

unsupplemented (unfed) deer during spring and<br />

summer.<br />

• Average unfed values gave vegetati<strong>on</strong> isotope value<br />

• Fed values used to determine percent feed use<br />

– Different turnover rates allowed rec<strong>on</strong>structi<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

diet during all bite count seas<strong>on</strong>s<br />

• SISUS: Stable Isotope Sourcing Using Sampling<br />

– Stable isotope mixing model based <strong>on</strong> Bayesian<br />

statistics 8

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