Termite ecology in a dry evergreen forest in Thailand in terms of stable ( d 13 C and d 15 N ) and radio ( 14 C , 137 Cs and 210 Pb ) isotopes

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Author	Tayasu, Ichiro Nakamura, Toshio Oda, Hirotaka Hyodo, Fujio Takematsu, Yoko Abe, Takuya
Abstract	Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios are now widely used in ecological science. Recent publications have shown that this method has a potential advantage in describing soil food webs (Ponsard & Arditi 2000; Scheu & Falca 2000) as well as other food webs, which have been studied for several decades. However, isotopic studies on soil food webs are still under development (Eggers & Jones 2000), so that fundamental research on a specific group is also useful at this stage. There are several studies on specific taxonomic groups; for example, on earthworms (Schmidt et al. 1997; Neilson et al. 1998; Hendrix et al. 1999). Neilson et al. (2000) have shown that epigeic (litter-feeding) earthworms were separated from endogeic (soil-feeding) earthworms using C and N isotope ratios, although anecic (deep-burrowing and litter-feeding) earthworms were rather site dependent. These studies suggest that there is a ‘humification gradient’ (i.e. state of decay of plant material) in feeding habits within a taxonomic group in detritivores, which are at the base of Ecological Research (2002) 17, 195–206
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