EcologybioRxivPreprint
Large herbivorous wildlife and livestock differentially influence the relative importance of different sources of carbon for riverine food webs
F. O. Masese, T. Fuss, L. Bistarelli…·G. Singer
This study shows that replacing native wildlife with livestock in river systems changes the carbon sources for macroinvertebrates, increasing reliance on autochthonous carbon through an algae-grazer pathway rather than allochthonous C4 carbon via detrital pathways.
DOI 10.1101/2021.07.29.454315