Table 6 Isotope background level, dilution space and isotope turnover rates for giant pandas in activity metabolic rate experiments at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China.

From: Metabolic rates of giant pandas inform conservation strategies

Studbook Number

D2 Background (ppm)

O18 Background (ppm)

Nd (mol)

No (mol)

Nd/No

kd

ko

kd/ko

467

148.45

1988.17

5671.33

5539.46

1.0238

0.0108

0.0128

0.8429

491

147.65

1985.73

3861.97

3752.99

1.0290

0.0076

0.0086

0.8778

649

152.59

1993.14

4712.26

4544.81

1.0368

0.0090

0.0104

0.8656

467

146.13

1984.39

5597.90

5187.36

1.0791

0.0119

0.0128

0.9295

574

146.81

1983.81

5509.94

5314.54

1.0368

0.0127

0.0138

0.9223

630

148.72

1986.31

4484.69

4288.52

1.0457

0.0088

0.0097

0.9022

540

149.82

1988.67

5457.22

5287.02

1.0322

0.0109

0.0123

0.8840

  1. The kd is mean isotope turnover rate of D2 and ko is mean isotope turnover rate of O18. Nd is the isotope dilution space of D2 and No is the isotope dilution space of O18.