The significance of facultative scavenging in generalist predator nutrition: Detecting decayed prey in the guts of predators using PCR

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4147-4158

  Foltan, Pavel ^a,b   Sheppard, Samuel ^a   Konvicka, Martin ^c   Symondson, William O C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aphid; DNA degradation; Gut content; Pterostichus melanarius; Scavenging; Slug

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; APHIDIDAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GASTROPODA; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; PTEROSTICHUS MELANARIUS; PULMONATA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; APHID; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROPOD; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOMACH JUICE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEETLES; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROPODA; GREAT BRITAIN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646199077     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02732.x     Document Type: Article

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