Combining bulk and amino acid stable isotope analyses to quantify trophic level and basal resources of detritivores: a case study on earthworms

Uncovering trophic positions and food resources of soil animals using bulk natural stable isotope composition

(2018) Anton M. Potapov et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

‘Trophic’ and ‘source’ amino acids in trophic estimation: a likely metabolic explanation

(2017) T. C. O’Connell   OECOLOGIA

Advances in the application of amino acid nitrogen isotopic analysis in ecological and biogeochemical studies

(2017) Naohiko Ohkouchi et al.   ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY

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

(2017) Shawn A. Steffan et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Photoautotrophic microorganisms as a carbon source for temperate soil invertebrates

(2016) Olaf Schmidt et al.   Biology Letters

The dominant detritus-feeding invertebrate in Arctic peat soils derives its essential amino acids from gut symbionts

(2016) Thomas Larsen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Substantial nutritional contribution of bacterial amino acids to earthworms and enchytraeids: A case study from organic grasslands

(2016) Thomas Larsen et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Re-visioning soil food webs

(2016) Mark A. Bradford   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Embracing variability in amino acid δ15N fractionation: mechanisms, implications, and applications for trophic ecology

(2016) Kelton W. McMahon et al.   Ecosphere

Fitting Linear Mixed-Effects Models Usinglme4

(2015) Douglas Bates et al.   Journal of Statistical Software

Microbes are trophic analogs of animals

(2015) Shawn A. Steffan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Unique metabolites protect earthworms against plant polyphenols

(2015) Manuel Liebeke et al.   Nature Communications

Diet quality influences isotopic discrimination among amino acids in an aquatic vertebrate

(2015) Yoshito Chikaraishi et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Into darkness: unravelling the structure of soil food webs

(2014) Ulrich Brose et al.   OIKOS

Unravelling the complex structure of forest soil food webs: higher omnivory and more trophic levels

(2014) Christoph Digel et al.   OIKOS

Food Reconstruction Using Isotopic Transferred Signals (FRUITS): A Bayesian Model for Diet Reconstruction

(2014) Ricardo Fernandes et al.   PLoS One

Exploring carbon flow through the root channel in a temperate forest soil food web

(2014) Kadeem J. Gilbert et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Carbon food resources of earthworms of different ecological groups as indicated by 13C compound-specific stable isotope analysis

(2014) Olga Ferlian et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

High-resolution food webs based on nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

(2014) Yoshito Chikaraishi et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Large 13C/12C and small 15N/14N isotope fractionation in an experimental detrital foodweb (litter–fungi–collembolans)

(2013) Anton M. Potapov et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Trophic Hierarchies Illuminated via Amino Acid Isotopic Analysis

(2013) Shawn A. Steffan et al.   PLoS One

Tracing Carbon Sources through Aquatic and Terrestrial Food Webs Using Amino Acid Stable Isotope Fingerprinting

(2013) Thomas Larsen et al.   PLoS One

Use of radiocarbon to estimate diet ages of earthworms across different climate regions

(2012) Fujio Hyodo et al.   APPLIED SOIL ECOLOGY

Palatability of Selected Alpine Plant Litters for the Decomposer Lumbricus rubellus (Lumbricidae)

(2012) Alexander Rief et al.   PLoS One

15N/14N ratios of amino acids as a tool for studying terrestrial food webs: a case study of terrestrial insects (bees, wasps, and hornets)

(2011) Yoshito Chikaraishi et al.   ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Determination of aquatic food-web structure based on compound-specific nitrogen isotopic composition of amino acids

(2011) Yoshito Chikaraishi et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS

AD Model Builder: using automatic differentiation for statistical inference of highly parameterized complex nonlinear models

(2011) David A. Fournier et al.   OPTIMIZATION METHODS & SOFTWARE

Carbon isotope fractionation of amino acids in fish muscle reflects biosynthesis and isotopic routing from dietary protein

(2010) Kelton W. McMahon et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Controls of nitrogen isotope patterns in soil profiles

(2009) Erik A. Hobbie et al.   BIOGEOCHEMISTRY

Stable isotope fingerprinting: a novel method for identifying plant, fungal, or bacterial origins of amino acids

(2009) Thomas Larsen et al.   ECOLOGY

Trophic structure and major trophic links in conventional versus organic farming systems as indicated by carbon stable isotope ratios of fatty acids

(2009) Dominique Haubert et al.   OIKOS

Compartmentalization of the soil animal food web as indicated by dual analysis of stable isotope ratios (15N/14N and 13C/12C)

(2009) Melanie M. Pollierer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Isotopic ecology ten years after a call for more laboratory experiments

(2008) Carlos Martínez del Rio et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Simultaneous Inference in General Parametric Models

(2008) Torsten Hothorn et al.   BIOMETRICAL JOURNAL