Molecular detection of nematode predation and scavenging in oribatid mites: Laboratory and field experiments

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2229-2236

  Heidemann, Kerstin ^a   Scheu, Stefan ^a   Ruess, Liliane ^b   Maraun, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Molecular gut content analysis; Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita; Soil food web; Steinernema feltiae

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSERS; DETECTION TIME; DETRITIVORES; DETRITIVOROUS; DNA DETECTION; FEEDING EXPERIMENTS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOOD WEBS; GAMASID MITES; GUT CONTENTS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MICROARTHROPODS; MOLECULAR DETECTION; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA; SIMILAR DEGREE; SOIL FOOD WEB; STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

DNA; ECOLOGY; FEEDING; INVESTMENTS; ISOTOPES; NUTRITION; SOILS; USER INTERFACES;

EXPERIMENTS;

DECOMPOSITION; DETRITIVORY; DIET; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD METHOD; FOOD WEB; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MITE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NEMATODE; PREDATION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SOIL FAUNA; STABLE ISOTOPE; STOMACH CONTENT;

ACARI; GAMASIDA; LIACARUS SUBTERRANEUS; NEMATODA; ORIBATIDA; PHASMARHABDITIS HERMAPHRODITA; PLATYNOTHRUS PELTIFER; STEGANACARUS MAGNUS; STEINERNEMA FELTIAE;

EID: 80051636496     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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