DNA-based analysis of regurgitates: A noninvasive approach to examine the diet of invertebrate consumers

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 669-675

  Waldner, Thomas ^a   Traugott, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amphimallon solstitiale; Carabidae; Diagnostic PCR; Food web; Molecular gut content analysis; Poecilus cupreus; Prey detection; Scarabaeidae; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CHEMISTRY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; LARVA; STOMACH JUICE; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; LARVA; VOMITING;

AMPHIMALLON SOLSTITIALE; ANIMALIA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; POECILUS CUPREUS; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 84862215768     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2012.03135.x     Document Type: Article

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