Differing nutritional constraints of consumers across ecosystems

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1367-1376

  Lemoine, Nathan P ^a   Giery, Sean T ^b   Burkepile, Deron E ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Diet; Insects; Nitrogen; Nutrient limitation; Phosphorus; Stoichiometry

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; DATA SET; DIET; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; PREDATION; STOICHIOMETRY; TRADE-OFF; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; POACEAE; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; HERBIVORY; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; PLANTS; POACEAE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84896316548     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2860-z     Document Type: Article

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