Implications of scaled δ15N fractionation for community predator-prey body mass ratio estimates in size-structured food webs

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1618-1627

  Reum, Jonathan C P ^a   Jennings, Simon ^b,c   Hunsicker, Mary E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass; Food web; Predator prey; Size spectra; Transfer efficiency; Trophic level

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; META-ANALYSIS; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIZE STRUCTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARABIAN SEA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST); INDIAN OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHEAST);

NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPES;

EID: 84943457281     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12405     Document Type: Article

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