Stable isotopes reveal links between human food inputs and urban ant diets

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 282, Issue 1806, 2015, Pages

  Penick, Clint A ^a   Savage, Amy M ^a,b   Dunn, Robert R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; New York; Nutrition; Stable isotopes; Tetramorium; Urban ecology

Indexed keywords

ANT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DIET; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD WEB; GENETIC VARIATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL; URBAN AREA;

KANSAS; MANHATTAN; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; FORMICIDAE; TETRAMORIUM; TETRAMORIUM CAESPITUM;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ANT; CITY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; NEW YORK; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; CARBON ISOTOPES; CITIES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; NEW YORK CITY; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 84926372424     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2014.2608     Document Type: Article

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