Can stable isotope ratios provide for community-wide measures of trophic structure?

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 42-48

  Layman, Craig A ^a   Arrington, D Albrey ^b   Montaña, Carmen G ^c   Post, David M ^d  

^a Marine Science Program   (United States)

^b Universidad de Los Llanos Ezequiel Zamora UNELLEZ ^*  (United States)

^c Universidad Nacional Experimental de los Llanos Ezequiel Zamora   (Venezuela)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Diet; Ecomorphology; Food webs; Functional groups; Niche; Predator prey interactions; Trophic guild; Trophic redundancy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOOD WEB; GUILD STRUCTURE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; ISOTOPIC RATIO; NICHE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; ECOLOGY; EVALUATION; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPE LABELING; METHODOLOGY; PLANT;

ANIMALS; BAHAMAS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOLOGY; FOOD CHAIN; ISOTOPE LABELING; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAHAMAS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 34247168399     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2007)88[42:CSIRPF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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