Shifts in trophic interactions with forest type in soil generalist predators as indicated by complementary analyses of fatty acids and stable isotopes

Oikos

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1182-1191

  Ferlian, Olga ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHILOPODA; FAGUS; LITHOBIIDAE; LITHOBIUS; LITHOBIUS MUTABILIS; PICEA;

EID: 84920878532     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2013.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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