Applications of stable isotopes to study plant-animal relationships in terrestrial ecosystems

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2339-2347

  Wang, Jianzhu ^a   Lin, Guanghui ^a,b   Huang, Jianhui ^a   Han, Xingguo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (China)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal migration; Food sources; Plant animal relationship; Stable isotopes; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33749676998     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982004-112     Document Type: Review

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