Spurious and functional correlates of the isotopic composition of a generalist across a tropical rainforest landscape

BMC Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  McGlynn, Terrence P ^a   Choi, Hee K ^a   Mattingly, Stefanie T ^a   Upshaw, Angela ^a   Poirson, Evan K ^b   Betzelberger, Justin ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Los Angeles Unified School District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHAENOGASTER ARANEOIDES; FORMICIDAE;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; PLANT LEAF; SOIL; TREE;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PLANT LEAVES; SOIL; TREES;

EID: 72349085763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-9-23     Document Type: Article

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