Molecular analysis of predation by carabid beetles (Carabidae) on the invasive Iberian slug Arion lusitanicus

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 675-686

  Hatteland, B A ^a   Symondson, W O C ^b   King, R A ^b,c   Skage, M ^a,d   Schander, C ^a   Solhoy T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carabus nemoralis; Deroceras reticulatum; gut content analysis; multiplex PCR; predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 12S;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BEETLE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GASTROPOD; GENE EXPRESSION; HORTICULTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; NATURAL ENEMY; PITFALL TRAP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; GENETICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GASTROPODA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EUROPE;

ARION; ARION LUSITANICUS; CARABIDAE; CARABUS NEMORALIS; COLEOPTERA; DEROCERAS RETICULATUM; GASTROPODA;

EID: 80255131125     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485311000034     Document Type: Article

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