Unpacking brown food-webs: Animal trophic identity reflects rampant microbivory

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 3532-3541

  Steffan, Shawn A ^a,b   Chikaraishi, Yoshito ^c,d   Dharampal, Prarthana S ^a   Pauli, Jonathan N ^a   Guédot, Christelle ^a   Ohkouchi, Naohiko ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b U S DAIRY FORAGE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

detritivory; detritus; food chain; microbe; microbiome; omnivore

Indexed keywords

EID: 85017532065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.2951     Document Type: Article

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