Trophic structure of a boreal forest arthropod community revealed by stable isotope (d13C, d15N) analyses

Entomological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-24

  Bennett, Pamela M ^b   Hobson, Keith A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Food web; Forest ecology; Insect; Nitrogen 15; Spider

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; EPHEMEROPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; ODONATA; ORTHOPTERA; SILPHIDAE;

EID: 63049129780     PISSN: 13438786     EISSN: 14798298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2009.00308.x     Document Type: Article

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