Prey use by web-building spiders: Stable isotope analyses of trophic flow at a forest-stream ecotone

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 633-643

  Kato, Chika ^a   Iwata, Tomoya ^a,c   Wada, Eitaro ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult aquatic insects; Forest stream linkages; Riparian web building spiders; Stable carbon isotope ratios

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; ECOTONE; INSECT; PREY SELECTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPIDER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RIPARIA;

EID: 10344223507     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00678.x     Document Type: Article

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