Trophic Hierarchies Illuminated via Amino Acid Isotopic Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Steffan, Shawn A ^a,b   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^c   Horton, David R ^d   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^c   Singleton, Merritt E ^b   Miliczky, Eugene ^d   Hogg, David B ^b   Jones, Vincent P ^e  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; PHENYLALANINE;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHRYSOPA; CHRYSOPA NIGRICORNIS; CHRYSOPERLA RUFILABRIS; COMPOUND SPECIFIC ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; ILLUMINATION; NONHUMAN; OAT; PEA APHID; PHASEOLUS VULGARIS; PREY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TROPHIC CASCADE;

AMINO ACIDS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; AVENA SATIVA; FOOD CHAIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LARVA; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; PHASEOLUS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VACCINIUM MACROCARPON;

EID: 84884554069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076152     Document Type: Article

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