Stoichiometry of nutrient recycling by vertebrates in a tropical stream: Linking species identity and ecosystem processes

Ecology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 285-293

  Vanni, Michael J ^a   Flecker, Alexander S ^a   Hood, James M ^a   Headworth, Jenifer L ^b  

^a DIVISION OF REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Amphibians; Biodiversity; Ecological stoichiometry; Ecosystem function; Fish; Nutrient cycling; Streams; Tropical; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; NUTRIENT CYCLING; STOICHIOMETRY; STREAM; VERTEBRATE;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0036126978     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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