A hypothesis-testing framework for studies investigating ontogenetic niche shifts using stable isotope ratios

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Hammerschlag Peyer, Caroline M ^a   Yeager, Lauren A ^a   Araújo, Márcio S ^a   Layman, Craig A ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STABLE ISOTOPE; ISOTOPE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATHERINOMORUS STIPES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; EUPEMPHIX NATTERERI; FISH; FROG; HYPOTHESIS; LUTJANUS GRISEUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEM;

ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPES;

EID: 80455131170     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027104     Document Type: Article

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