Isotopic niche mirrors trophic niche in a vertebrate island invader

Oecologia

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 537-544

  Rodríguez M , Marlenne A ^a,b   Herrera M , L Gerardo ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b Avenida Moctezuma 836 Zona Centro   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Black rats; Feeding habits; Island ecology; Rattus rattus; SIAR

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RODENT; SEABIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

GULF OF CALIFORNIA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84872614933     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2423-8     Document Type: Article

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