The effect of predator identity on post-feeding prey DNA detection success in soil-dwelling macro-invertebrates

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 63, Issue , 2013, Pages 116-123

  Waldner, Thomas ^a   Sint, Daniela ^a   Juen, Anita ^a   Traugott, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biomass; Cantharidae; Carabidae; Elateridae; Geophilidae; Histeridae; Lithobiidae; Meal size; Prey detection interval; Scarabaeidae

Indexed keywords

CANTHARIDAE; CARABIDAE; ELATERIDAE; GEOPHILIDAE; HISTERIDAE; LITHOBIIDAE; MEAL SIZE; PREY DETECTION INTERVAL; SCARABAEIDAE;

ANIMALS; ASSAYS; BIOMASS; FEEDING; HOUSING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

DNA;

BEETLE; BIOMASS; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; MACROINVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL FAUNA; STOMACH CONTENT;

ANIMALIA; CANTHARIDAE; CARABIDAE; CHILOPODA; COLEOPTERA; ELATERIDAE; GEOPHILIDAE; GEOPHILOMORPHA; HISTERIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LITHOBIIDAE; LITHOBIOMORPHA; SCARABAEIDAE;

EID: 84877042531     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2013.03.030     Document Type: Article

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