Scavenging and active predation in generalist predators: A mesocosm study employing DNA-based gut content analysis

Pedobiologia

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-5

  von Berg, K ^a   Traugott, M ^b   Scheu, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aphids; Araneae; Biological control; Carabidae; Carrion; Staphylinidae

Indexed keywords

APHID; BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CARRION; GENERALIST; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MESOCOSM; NATURAL ENEMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATION; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SPIDER; STOMACH CONTENT; WHEAT;

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; AVES; CARABIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LYCOSIDAE; PACHYGNATHA DEGEERI; RHOPALOSIPHUM PADI; SITOBION AVENAE; STAPHYLINIDAE; TETRAGNATHIDAE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TROCHOSA RURICOLA;

EID: 84855228425     PISSN: 00314056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedobi.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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