Stable isotopes in monitoring terrestrial arthropods

Monitoring of arthropods focuses typically on changes in population and range size over time. Yet, there are a myriad other aspects that could should be monitored under the ongoing global local environmental change. Stable isotope analysis, widely employed short-term ecological studies, has potential long-term monitoring arthropods. Here we discuss use stable isotopes terrestrial arthropods, provide some empirical examples bulk tissue samples outline future directions using compound-specific analysis monitoring. We performed literature search for 2012–2021 to see if have been specifically used The shows successfully reveal phenomena (dispersal, trophic interactions, resource use) would difficult or impossible detect by means. underused arthropod programs, but growing number basic studies ecology methodology provides crucial basis needed developing programs. technically, economically ecologically feasible addition traditional methods