Might nitrogen limitation promote omnivory among carnivorous arthropods?

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2522-2531

  Denno, Robert F ^a   Fagan, William F ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Carnivores; Intraguild predation; Nitrogen limitation; Nutrient stoichiometry; Omnivory

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CARNIVORE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; OMNIVORY; STOICHIOMETRY;

ARTHROPODA;

EID: 0012323005     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-0370     Document Type: Review

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