Stable Isotopes of C and N Reveal Habitat Dependent Dietary Overlap between Native and Introduced Turtles Pseudemys rubriventris and Trachemys scripta

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Pearson, Steven H ^a   Avery, Harold W ^a   Kilham, Susan S ^a   Velinsky, David J ^a   Spotila, James R ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBON FIXATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; MALE; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PSEUDEMYS RUBRIVENTRIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TURTLE; WETLAND;

ANGIOSPERMS; ANIMALS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PENNSYLVANIA; POACEAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRAMENOPILES; TURTLES; WETLANDS;

EID: 84877660745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062891     Document Type: Article

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