Dietary and taxonomic controls on incorporation of microbial carbon and phosphorus by detritivorous caddisflies

Oecologia

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 567-579

  Halvorson, Halvor M ^a   White, Grant ^a   Scott, J Thad ^a   Evans White, Michelle A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritivores; Ecological stoichiometry; Leaf type; Nutrient enrichment; Radioisotopes

Indexed keywords

ACER; ANIMALIA; IRONOQUIA; LEPIDOSTOMA; PYCNOPSYCHE; PYCNOPSYCHE LEPIDA; TRICHOPTERA;

CARBON; PHOSPHORUS;

ACER; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; TREE;

ACER; ANIMALS; CARBON; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; LARVA; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT LEAVES; QUERCUS; TREES;

EID: 84955380923     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-015-3464-6     Document Type: Article

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