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dc.rights.licenseIn Copyrighten_US
dc.creatorCampbell, Meredith Clare
dc.creatorTaylor, Joseph Michael
dc.creatorHurd, Lawrence E.
dc.creatordeHart, Pieter A. P.
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-17T14:38:19Z
dc.date.available2014-09-17T14:38:19Z
dc.date.created2014
dc.identifierWLURG38_Campbell_Taylor_A_SRS_2015
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11021/30933
dc.descriptionThesis; [FULL-TEXT RESTRICTED TO WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY LOGIN]en_US
dc.descriptionMeredith Clare Campbell is a member of the Class of 2015 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.descriptionJoseph Michael Taylor is a member of the Class of 2015 of Washington and Lee University.en_US
dc.descriptionThis is a pre-print paper, made available here to Washington and Lee University login, as a PDF.en_US
dc.description.abstractWhole-animal SIA is frequently used to study the ecological impact of insects and other small arthropods, but lumps together the carbon and nitrogen fractionation of an organism's tissues and can change the resultant signature significantly. The analysis of distinct tissues of organisms provides detailed information about the allocation of nutrients to ecologically important processes like defense and reproduction (O'Brien et al. 2000). The praying mantis Tenodera aridifolia sinensis (Sassure) is a generalist arthropod predator that affects its wide assemblage of prey throughout its lifespan (Moran and Hurd 1998, Moran et al. 1996). By studying the carbon and nitrogen enrichment of this type of predator, we can further understand its impact on its ecosystem from eclosure to death. The present study aimed to determine differences in isotopic enrichment in a variety of praying mantis tissues. The results may shed more light on the physiological processes of arthropods and their allocation of nutrients.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMeredith C. Campbell
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityJoseph M. Taylor
dc.format.extent6 pagesen_US
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dc.subject.otherWashington and Lee University -- Summer Research Scholars Programen_US
dc.titleNutrient Investment in the Tissues of a Generalist Arthropod Predatoren_US
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dc.rights.holderCampbell, Meredith Clare
dc.rights.holderTaylor, Joseph Michael
dc.rights.holderHurd, Lawrence E.
dc.rights.holderdeHart, Pieter A. P.
dc.subject.fastPraying mantisen_US
dc.subject.fastNiche (Ecology)en_US
dc.subject.fastTissues -- Analysisen_US
local.departmentSummer Research Scholarsen_US


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