Isotopic signature (15N/14N and 13C/12C) confirms similarity of trophic niches of millipedes (Myriapoda, diplopoda) in a temperate deciduous forest

Biology Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-291

  Semenyuk, I I ^a   Tiunov, A V ^a  

^a SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPLOPODA; MYRIAPODA;

EID: 79956290406     PISSN: 10623590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1062359011030137     Document Type: Article

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