Stable isotope enrichment (δ15N and δ13C) in a generalist predator (Pardosa lugubris, Araneae: Lycosidae): Effects of prey quality

Oecologia

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 337-344

  Oelbermann, Katja ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Polyphagous predators; Trophic level; Wolf spiders

Indexed keywords

FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; PREDATOR; SPIDER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; CANDIDA; CANIS; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; FOLSOMIA CANDIDA; HETEROMURUS NITIDUS; LYCOSIDAE; MELANOGASTER; PARDOSA LUGUBRIS; RHOPALOSIPHUM; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI;

EID: 0036929388     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100813     Document Type: Article

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