Trophic relationships of grassland ants based on stable isotopes

Pedobiologia

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 221-225

  O' Grady, A ^a   Schmidt, O ^b   Breen, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Formica; Formicidae; Lasius; Leptothorax; Myrmica

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARBON ISOTOPE; DIET; GRASSLAND; HONEYDEW; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

COUNTY LIMERICK; IRELAND; LIMERICK [COUNTY LIMERICK]; MUNSTER [IRELAND];

ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS; FORMICA; FORMICA LEMANI; FORMICIDAE; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; LASIUS; LASIUS FLAVUS; LASIUS NIGER; LEPTOTHORAX; LEPTOTHORAX ACERVORUM; LEPTOTHORAX NIGER; MYRMICA; MYRMICA RUGINODIS; MYRMICA SABULETI; MYRMICA SCABRINODIS; MYRMICA SCHENCKI;

EID: 77951024274     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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