Molecular analysis of predation on parasitized hosts

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 223-231

  Traugott, M ^a,b   Symondson, W O C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aphis fabae; Diagnostic PCR; Generalist predators; Intraguild predation; Lysiphlebus testaceipes; Parasitoids; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

DNA; PRIMER DNA;

APHID; BEETLE; DNA; GENERALIST; HERBIVORE; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL ENEMY; PARASITISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER; TRITROPHIC INTERACTION;

ANIMAL; APHID; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATION; SPIDER; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHIDS; BEETLES; DIET; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; FOOD CHAIN; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS; WASPS;

APHIDIDAE; APHIS FABAE; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DEMETRIAS ATRICAPILLUS; ERIGONE; LYSIPHLEBUS TESTACEIPES;

EID: 43749117266     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485308005968     Document Type: Conference Paper

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