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Trophic niche differentiation in millipede communities of forests of the temperate and tropical belts

Trophic niche differentiation in millipede communities of forests of the temperate and tropical... The degree of trophic differentiation of millipedes in taxocenes of temperate and tropical forests was estimated by isotopic analysis. The isotope ratio variation among species was notably wider in a tropical forest (23 millipede species, δ15N ranges within 10‰) than in a temperate broad-leaved forest (9 species, δ15N range less than 3‰). It is suggested that partitioning of food resources among species contributes significantly to the maintenance of high diversity of soil saprotrophic animals in tropical ecosystems. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Moscow University Biological Sciences Bulletin Springer Journals

Trophic niche differentiation in millipede communities of forests of the temperate and tropical belts

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2011 by Allerton Press, Inc.
Subject
Life Sciences; Plant Sciences ; Life Sciences, general ; Biochemistry, general; Zoology ; Cell Biology
ISSN
0096-3925
eISSN
1934-791X
DOI
10.3103/S0096392511020076
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Abstract

The degree of trophic differentiation of millipedes in taxocenes of temperate and tropical forests was estimated by isotopic analysis. The isotope ratio variation among species was notably wider in a tropical forest (23 millipede species, δ15N ranges within 10‰) than in a temperate broad-leaved forest (9 species, δ15N range less than 3‰). It is suggested that partitioning of food resources among species contributes significantly to the maintenance of high diversity of soil saprotrophic animals in tropical ecosystems.

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Moscow University Biological Sciences BulletinSpringer Journals

Published: Jun 15, 2011

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