Invertebrate predation of 15N-marked prey in semi-field wheat enclosures

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-200

  Nienstedt, Karin M ^a,b   Poehling, Hans Michael ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b Smithers Viscient   (United States)

Author keywords

15N; Aphids; Araneae; Carabidae; Coccinellidae; Coleoptera; Erigone atra; Linyphiidae; Platynus dorsalis; Polyphagous predators; Predation; Semi field; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FOOD CHAIN; METHODOLOGY; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREDATION;

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; CALATHUS; CALATHUS MELANOCEPHALUS; CARABIDAE; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ERIGONE ATRA; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LINYPHIIDAE; PHILONTHUS; PLATYNUS; STAPHYLINIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 4644306297     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-8703.2004.00155.x     Document Type: Article

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