Large 13C/12C and small 15N/14N isotope fractionation in an experimental detrital foodweb (litter-fungi-collembolans)

Ecological Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1069-1079

  Potapov, Anton M ^a   Semenina, Eugenia E ^b   Kurakov, Alexander V ^a   Tiunov, Alexei V ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Feeding ecology; Saprotrophic fungi; Soil animals; Stable isotopes; Trophic fractionation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MICROCOSM; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; SAPROTROPHY; SOIL BIOTA; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EID: 84888238400     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: 14401703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-013-1088-z     Document Type: Article

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