Analysing the diets of invertebrate predators using terminal restriction fragments

Journal of Pest Science

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-100

  Juen, Anita ^a,b   Hogendoorn, Katja ^a   Ma, Gang ^a   Schmidt, Otto ^a   Keller, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gut content analysis; Molecular diagnostic; Neuroptera; tRFLP; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; DNA; ENZYME; FOOD WEB; GENERALIST; INVERTEBRATE; PARASITOID; POLYMORPHISM; PREDATOR; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ARTHROPODA; BRASSICA; HEMEROBIIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; NEUROPTERA;

EID: 84857641158     PISSN: 16124758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10340-011-0406-x     Document Type: Article

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