Asymmetric contribution of isotopically contrasting food sources to vertebrate consumers in a subtropical semi-arid ecosystem

Biotropica

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 357-364

  Herrera Montalvo, L Gerardo ^a   Rodríguez Galindo, Malinalli ^a   Ibarra López, M Pilar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bats; Birds; Deserts; Mexico; Nutritional ecology; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARID REGION; ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; BAT; BIRD; CACTUS; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DESERT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FRUGIVORY; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GRANIVORY; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MOSAIC; INSECT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NECTARIVORY; NUTRITION; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

AGAVE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CACTACEAE; CRASSULACEAE; HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84877132056     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/btp.12018     Document Type: Article

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