Trophic diversity in a Mediterranean food web-Stable isotope analysis of an ant community of an organic citrus grove

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 587-596

  Platner, Christian ^a,b   Piñol, Josep ^c,d   Sanders, Dirk ^a,e   Espadaler, Xavier ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c CREAF   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Agroecosystem; Araneae; Bird exclusion; Clementine orchard; Formicidae; Generalist predators; Seasonal effects

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; AVES; CAMPONOTUS; CITRUS; CITRUS RETICULATA; DYSDERA CROCATA; FORMICA RUFIBARBIS; FORMICIDAE; LASIUS GRANDIS; MESSOR; PHEIDOLE PALLIDULA;

EID: 84870250962     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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