A general hypothesis-testing framework for stable isotope ratios in ecological studies

Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2227-2233

  Turner, Thomas F ^a   Collyer, Michael L ^b   Krabbenhoft, Trevor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; Food web; Functional groups; Niche; Residual permutation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

DATA SET; DISPERSION; FOOD WEB; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LINEARITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; METABOLISM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CARBON; CARBON ISOTOPES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 77955439225     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1454.1     Document Type: Article

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