Stable isotope differentiation of freshwater and terrestrial vascular plants in two subarctic regions

Ecoscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-275

  Milligan, Heather E ^a   Pretzlaw, Troy D ^b   Humphries, Murray M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Government of Yukon   (Canada)

Author keywords

aquatic; carbon; food webs; herbivores; macrophytes; nitrogen

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BOREAL FOREST; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HERBIVORE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; MACROPHYTE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PHYTOMASS; SHORELINE; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBARCTIC REGION;

CANADA;

TRACHEOPHYTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77958187099     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/17-3-3282     Document Type: Article

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