Stable isotopes revisited: Their use and limits for oribatid mite trophic ecology

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 877-882

  Maraun, M ^a   Erdmann, G ^a   Fischer, B M ^b   Pollierer, M M ^a   Norton, R A ^c   Schneider, K ^d   Scheu, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d RIFCON GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

13C 12C; 15N 14N; Endophagy; Food web; Lichen feeding; Mosses; Niche; Oribatid mites; Stable isotopes; Trophic ecology; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

13C/12C; 15N/14N; ENDOPHAGY; FOOD WEB; LICHEN FEEDING; MOSSES; NICHE; ORIBATID MITES; STABLE ISOTOPES; TROPHIC ECOLOGY; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; FEEDING; ISOTOPES;

ECOLOGY;

CARBON ISOTOPE; FUNGUS; LICHEN; MITE; MOSS; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; BRYOPHYTA; FUNGI; INVERTEBRATA; ORIBATIDA;

EID: 79952443283     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.01.003     Document Type: Review

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