Dependence of diverse consumers on detritus in a tropical rain forest food web as revealed by radiocarbon analysis

Functional Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 423-429

  Hyodo, Fujio ^a   Matsumoto, Takashi ^b   Takematsu, Yoko ^c   Itioka, Takao ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Above and below ground; Ants; Detrital subsidy; Lambir Hills National Park; Stable nitrogen isotope; Termites; Time frame

Indexed keywords

DETRITUS; FOOD WEB; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RADIOCARBON DATING; RAINFOREST;

APOIDEA; AVES; FORMICIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; LYCOSIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; TUPAIIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84924975231     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12357     Document Type: Article

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