What can stable isotopes (δ15N and δ13C) tell about the food web of soil macro-invertebrates?

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 852-864

  Ponsard, Sergine ^a,b   Arditi, Roger ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Detrivores; Food web; Forest litter; Intraguild predation; Isotope ratios; Macro invertebrates; Soil fauna; Stable isotopes; Trophic levels; 15N and 13C

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; FOREST SOIL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033946946     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0852:wcsina]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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