Food source of riparian spiders analyzed by using stable isotope ratios

Ecological Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 655-662

  Akamatsu, Fumikazu ^a   Toda, Hideshige ^a   Okino, Tokio ^a,b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chikuma River; Food web; Riparian zone; Spider; Stable isotope ratio

Indexed keywords

DIET; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PREY SELECTION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPIDER; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHIKUMA RIVER; CHUBU; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO; WORLD;

ALGAE; ARANEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; RIPARIA;

EID: 10344258602     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1703.2004.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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