Isoweb: A bayesian isotope mixing model for diet analysis of the whole food web

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Kadoya, Taku ^a   Osada, Yutaka ^b   Takimoto, Gaku ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEETLE; CONSUMER; FOOD WEB; GRASS; GRASSHOPPER; GRASSLAND; ISOWEB; KENYA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SIMULATION; SPIDER; TREE;

FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 84864399894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041057     Document Type: Article

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