Unravelling the role of allochthonous aquatic resources to food web structure in a tropical riparian forest

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 525-536

  Recalde, Fátima C ^a   Postali, Thaís C ^a   Romero, Gustavo Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bayesian mixing models; Community wide metrics; Ecosystem boundaries; Flux across ecosystems; Food web structure; SIAR; Trophic niche dimension; Tropical riparian forest; Water land interfaces; 13C 15N biplots

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM APPROACH; ENERGY FLOW; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; FOOD WEB; INSECT; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREDATOR; RIPARIAN FOREST; TROPHIC STRUCTURE;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; BRAZIL; FOOD CHAIN; FOREST; INSECT; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; FOOD CHAIN; FORESTS; INSECTS; RIVERS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 84959010796     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12475     Document Type: Article

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