Effects of food quality, starvation and life stage on stable isotope fractionation in Collembola

Pedobiologia

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 229-237

  Haubert, Dominique ^a   Langel, Reinhard ^b   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Ruess, Liliane ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

^{13< sup>C; 15< sup>N; Fractionation; Fungi; Springtails; Stable isotopes}

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; FRACTIONATION; SOIL FAUNA; STABLE ISOTOPE; STARVATION;

COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI;

EID: 18944382289     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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