• DOI:10.1673/031.008.2601
Corpus ID: 7885958

Extensive Natural Intraspecific Variation in Stoichiometric (C:N:P) Composition in Two Terrestrial Insect Species

@article{Bertram2008ExtensiveNI,
  title={Extensive Natural Intraspecific Variation in Stoichiometric (C:N:P) Composition in Two Terrestrial Insect Species},
  author={S. Bertram and M. Bowen and M. Kyle and J. Schade},
  journal={Journal of Insect Science},
  year={2008},
  volume={8}
}

• S. Bertram, M. Bowen, +1 author J. Schade
• Published 2008
• Biology, Medicine
• Journal of Insect Science

Abstract Heterotrophic organisms must obtain essential elements in sufficient quantities from their food. Because plants naturally exhibit extensive variation in their elemental content, it is important to quantify the within-species stoichiometric variation of consumers. If extensive stoichiometric variation exists, it may help explain consumer variation in life-history strategy and fitness. To date, however, research on stoichiometric variation has focused on interspecific differences and… Expand

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