Nutritional constraints in terrestrial and freshwater food webs

Nature

Volumn 408, Issue 6812, 2000, Pages 578-580

  Elser, James J ^a   Fagan, William F ^a   Denno, Robert F ^b   Dobberfuhl, Dean R ^a,c   Folarin, Ayoola ^a   Huberty, Andrea ^b   Interlandi, Sebastian ^d   Kilham, Susan S ^d   McCauley, Edward ^e   Schulz, Kimberly L ^f   Siemann, Evan H ^g   Sterner, Robert W ^h  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c ST JOHNS RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^f SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELEMENT; FRESH WATER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NUTRITION; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD COMPOSITION; INSECT; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPOSPHERE; VEGETARIAN DIET; VEGETATION; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; FRESH WATER; INVERTEBRATES; NITROGEN; PLANTS; POTASSIUM; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034735764     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35046058     Document Type: Article

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