Taking it to the next level: Trophic transfer of marker fatty acids from basal resource to predators

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 919-925

  Pollierer, Melanie M ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Haubert, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Basal resources; Biomarker; Chilopoda; Collembola; Fatty acid analysis; Food web; Fungi; Lycosidae; Trophic channels; Trophic transfer

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; COLLEMBOLA; ENERGY CHANNELS; ENERGY FLUXES; EUROPAEA; FATTY ACID PROFILES; FIRST ORDER; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; FOOD WEBS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; NEMATODA; PLANT LEAF; PLANT MATERIAL; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SOIL ANIMAL; SOIL FOOD WEB; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TROPHIC LEVEL; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; TROPHIC TRANSFER; VIA FIRST;

ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOMARKERS; FATTY ACIDS; FUNGI; MAMMALS; NUTRITION; SOILS;

ECOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; ENERGY FLUX; FATTY ACID; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; SOIL BIOTA; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHAETOMIUM; CHAETOMIUM GLOBOSUM; CHILOPODA; COLLEMBOLA; FUNGI; HETEROMURUS NITIDUS; LITHOBIUS FORFICATUS; LYCOSIDAE; MALVACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEMATODA; PARDOSA LUGUBRIS; POSIBACTERIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TILIA EUROPAEA;

EID: 77950596060     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.02.008     Document Type: Article

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