Differential host use in two highly specialized ant-plant associations: Evidence from stable isotopes

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• host use 100%
• ant 65%
• stable isotope 47%
• host plant 18%
• nitrogen 12%
• carbon 11%
• plant resource 9%
• nitrogen isotope 7%
• cordillera 7%
• cost 7%
• trophic level 6%
• diet 6%
• isotopic composition 5%
• transect 5%
• isotope 5%
• tissue 4%
• distribution 2%

Agriculture & Biology

• stable isotopes 57%
• Formicidae 49%
• Azteca 43%
• ant colonies 23%
• nitrogen 21%
• Costa Rica 19%
• carbon 18%
• Cecropia obtusifolia 16%
• host plants 14%
• Cecropia 13%
• trophic levels 10%
• isotopes 9%
• diet 4%
• tissues 4%

Medicine & Life Sciences

• Ants 76%
• Isotopes 59%
• Carbon 20%
• Nitrogen 20%
• Costa Rica 20%
• Nitrogen Isotopes 12%
• Cost-Benefit Analysis 6%
• Occupational Groups 4%
• Diet 4%
• Costs and Cost Analysis 4%