Trophic structure of a macroarthropod litter food web in managed coniferous forest stands: A stable isotope analysis with δ15N and δ13C

Pedobiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-118

  Halaj, Juraj ^a   Peck, Robert W ^b   Niwa, Christine G ^b  

^a Cascadien Inc   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Detrital food web; Forest thinning; Silviculture; Spiders; Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LITTER; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; THINNING; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA;

EID: 14944372137     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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