The time scale of isotope signals in spiders: Molting the remains of a previous diet

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 271-278

  Belivanov, Yordan K ^a   Hambäck, Peter A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lasiodora parahybana; Araneae; Diet switches; Stable isotope analysis; Theraphosidae; Tissue turnover

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; DATA INTERPRETATION; DIET; EXOSKELETON; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAIZE; SPIDER; STABLE ISOTOPE; WHEAT;

ARANEAE; LASIODORA PARAHYBANA; THERAPHOSIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84938841621     PISSN: 00138703     EISSN: 15707458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/eea.12328     Document Type: Article

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