Stable isotope methods in biological and ecological studies of arthropods

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-16

  Hood Nowotny, Rebecca ^a   Knols, Bart G J ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

13 carbon; 15 nitrogen; 18 oxygen; Deuterium; Enrichment; Labelling; Marking; Mass spectrometry; Natural abundance; Resource turnover

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGY; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOOD WEB; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREDATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34250679022     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2007.00572.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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