Ecosystem linkages revealed by experimental lake-derived isotope signal in heathland food webs

Oecologia

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 735-743

  Hoekman, David ^a   Bartrons, Mireia ^a   Gratton, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic terrestrial linkage; Arthropod food web; Cross ecosystem subsidy; Resource pulse; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOMASS; CARBON ISOTOPE; DETRITIVORY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; HABITAT TYPE; HEATHLAND; INSECT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LAKE; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; STABLE ISOTOPE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ACARI; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLLEMBOLA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84867551586     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2329-5     Document Type: Article

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