Determining trophic niche width: An experimental test of the stable isotope approach

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1985-1994

  Fink, Patrick ^a,b   Reichwaldt, Elke S ^a,c   Harrod, Chris ^a,e   Rossberg, Axel G ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTOFAGASTA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERALIST; LABORATORY METHOD; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CRUSTACEA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA SP.;

EID: 84869887468     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20185.x     Document Type: Article

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