Stable isotope 15N and 13C labelling of different functional groups of earthworms and their casts: A tool for studying trophic links

Pedobiologia

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 169-175

  Heiner, Barbara ^a   Drapela, Thomas ^a   Frank, Thomas ^a   Zaller, Johann G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon isotope; Ecosystem engineers; Labelling method; Nitrogen isotope; Soil invertebrates; Tracer study

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; EARTHWORM; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; SOIL FERTILITY; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBSTRATE; TRACER;

ANNELIDA; APORRECTODEA CALIGINOSA; INVERTEBRATA; LUMBRICIDAE; LUMBRICUS TERRESTRIS; OLIGOCHAETA (METAZOA);

EID: 79955467374     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.02.002     Document Type: Article

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