Trophic niche differentiation and utilisation of food resources in collembolans based on complementary analyses of fatty acids and stable isotopes

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 28-35

  Ferlian, Olga ^a,b,c   Klarner, Bernhard ^a   Langeneckert, Annika E ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH IDIV HALLE JENA LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon; Decomposers; Forest types; Fungivores; Lipids; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FATTY ACIDS; ISOTOPES; LIPIDS; MICROORGANISMS; SOILS;

COMPLEMENTARY ANALYSIS; DECOMPOSERS; FOREST TYPE; FUNGIVORES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; SMALL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; TROPHIC LEVEL;

FORESTRY;

BACTERIUM; CARBON; DECOMPOSITION; FATTY ACID; FUNGUS; GENERALIST; INSECT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NICHE PARTITIONING; SOIL MICROORGANISM; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CARBON; FORESTS; LIPIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERATOPHYSELLA DENTICULATA; FAGUS; FOLSOMIA QUADRIOCULATA; ISOTOMIELLA MINOR; LEPIDOCYRTUS LANUGINOSUS; NEMATODA; PARISOTOMA NOTABILIS; PICEA; PROTAPHORURA ARMATA;

EID: 84920903502     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.12.012     Document Type: Article

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