Food webs of a sandy beach macroinvertebrate community using stable isotopes analysis

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 422-432

  Colombini, Isabella ^a   Brilli, Mauro ^b   Fallaci, Mario ^a   Gagnarli, Elena ^a   Chelazzi, Lorenzo ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Food webs; Mediterranean coastal ecosystem; Source partitioning; Stable isotopes; Terrestrial macroinvertebrates

Indexed keywords

ALLOCHTHON; BEACH PROFILE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COASTAL ZONE; DIET; DUNE; FOOD WEB; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NICHE PARTITIONING; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PITFALL TRAP; PROGRADATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

GROSSETO [TUSCANY]; ITALY; MAREMMA REGIONAL PARK; TUSCANY;

EID: 80052098084     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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