Stable isotopic studies of resource utilization by nearctic earthworms (Diplocardia, Oligochaeta) in subtropical savanna and forest ecosystems

Pedobiologia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 818-823

  Hendrix, P F ^a   Callaham Jr , M A ^b   Lachnicht, S L ^a   Blair, J M ^b   James, S W ^c   Zou, X ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAHARISHI UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

^{13< sup>C; 15< sup>N; Diplocardia; Feeding ecology; Longleaf pine forest; Nearctic earthworms}

Indexed keywords

EARTHWORM; FEEDING MECHANISM; RESOURCE USE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

APALACHICOLA NATIONAL FOREST; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

ANNELIDA; ARISTIDA STRICTA; AVES; DIPLOCARDIA; DIPLOCARDIA FLORIDANA; DIPLOCARDIA MISSISSIPPIENSIS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; NEARCTIC; OLIGOCHAETA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; PINUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS CERRIS; QUERCUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033377556     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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