Seasonal variation in terrestrial resource subsidies influences trophic niche width and overlap in two aquatic snake species: A stable isotope approach

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1161-1171

  Willson, John D ^a   Winne, Christopher T ^b,c   Pilgrim, Melissa A ^a   Romanek, Christopher S ^a   Gibbons, J Whitfield ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA UPSTATE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CARBON ISOTOPE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NICHE OVERLAP; ONTOGENY; PREY AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNAKE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SYMPATRY; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM; AMPHIBIA; INSECTIVORA; NERODIA FASCIATA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SEMINATRIX PYGAEA; SERPENTES;

EID: 77954566264     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2009.17939.x     Document Type: Article

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