Stable isotope analysis indicates trophic differences among forest floor carabids in Japan

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-270

  Okuzaki, Yutaka ^a   Tayasu, Ichiro ^a   Okuda, Noboru ^a   Sota, Teiji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carabidae; Carbon isotope; Co existence; Coleoptera; Invertebrate community; Nitrogen isotope; Species richness; Trophic niche

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CARBON ISOTOPE; FOREST FLOOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TROPHIC LEVEL;

JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; CARABIDAE; CHLAENIUS; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; SYNUCHUS;

EID: 77953657771     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2010.00987.x     Document Type: Article

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