Evaluating 15N/14N and 13C/12C isotope ratio analysis to investigate trophic relationships of elaterid larvae (Coleoptera: Elateridae)

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1023-1030

  Traugott, Michael ^a   Pázmándi, Christian ^a   Kaufmann, Rüdiger ^a   Juen, Anita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Below ground herbivores; Diet switch; Soil food web; Stable isotope analysis; Starvation; Trophic position; Trophic shift; Wireworms

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ISOTOPES; NUTRITION; SOILS; TISSUE;

BELOW-GROUND HERBIVORES; DIET SWITCH; SOIL FOOD WEB; STABLE ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; STARVATION; TROPHIC POSITION; TROPHIC SHIFT; WIREWORMS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ABUNDANCE; BEETLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; DIETARY SHIFT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AGRIOTES; AGRIOTES OBSCURUS; ANIMALIA; COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 33847356055     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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