Estimating niche width using stable isotopes in the face of habitat variability: a modelling case study in the marine environment.

Distributions of stable isotopes have been used to infer an organism's trophic niche width, the 'isotopic niche', and examine resource partitioning. Spatial variation in the isotopic composition of prey may however confound the interpretation of isotopic signatures especially when for...

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Main Authors: David O Cummings, Jerome Buhl, Raymond W Lee, Stephen J Simpson, Sebastian P Holmes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3410910?pdf=render