Empirically Characterising Trophic Networks: What Emerging DNA-Based Methods, Stable Isotope and Fatty Acid Analyses Can Offer

Advances in Ecological Research

Volumn 49, Issue , 2013, Pages 177-224

  Traugott, Michael ^a   Kamenova, Stefaniya ^b,c   Ruess, Liliane ^d   Seeber, Julia ^a   Plantegenest, Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carnivory; Diet assessment; Food identification; Herbivory; Molecular diagnostics; Nutrient flow; Parasitoidism; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888159563     PISSN: 00652504     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-420002-9.00003-2     Document Type: Chapter

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