Overlap and partitioning of the ecological and isotopic niches

Oikos

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1409-1416

  Flaherty, Elizabeth A ^a   Ben David, Merav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOOD SELECTION; GENERALIST; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE; SPECIALIST; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77955269318     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18259.x     Document Type: Article

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