Food webs in Mongolian grasslands: The analysis of 13C and 15N natural abundances

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 208-219

  Kohzu, Ayato ^a   Iwata, T ^b   Kato, M ^c   Nishikawa, J ^c   Wada, Eitaro ^d   Amartuvshin, N ^e   Namkhaidorj, B ^e   Fujita, N ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e Mongolian Academy of Science   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

Carbon 13; Food selectivity; Grazing food chain; Herbaceous plants; Isotope ecology; Nitrogen 15; Spatial scale; Trophic enrichment

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ARTHROPOD; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOOD SELECTION; FOOD WEB; GRASSLAND; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; OVERGRAZING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TROPHIC ENVIRONMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FOOD CHAIN; HAIR; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MONGOLIA; PLANT; POACEAE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ARTHROPODS; CARBON ISOTOPES; FOOD CHAIN; HAIR; MAMMALS; MONGOLIA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANTS; POACEAE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA;

ARTHROPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70449421986     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256010902871887     Document Type: Article

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