Shedding new light on the diet of Norwegian lemmings: DNA metabarcoding of stomach content

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1069-1076

  Soininen, Eeva M ^a   Zinger, Lucie ^b,f   Gielly, Ludovic ^b   Bellemain, Eva ^c,e   Bråthen, Kari Anne ^a   Brochmann, Christian ^c   Epp, Laura S ^c   Gussarova, Galina ^c   Hassel, Kristian ^d   Henden, John André ^a   Killengreen, Siw T ^a   Rämä, Teppo ^a   Stenøien, Hans K ^d   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a   Ims, Rolf A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e Signoptic Technologies Savoie Technolac   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

Author keywords

Fungi; Herbivore; Lemmus lemmus; Small rodents; trnL approach; Tundra

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTE; CHLOROPLAST; DIET; FOOD WEB; FUNGUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GRASS; HABITAT QUALITY; HERBIVORE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RODENT; STOMACH CONTENT; TUNDRA; VASCULAR PLANT;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA FLEXUOSA; DICRANUM; FUNGI; LEMMUS LEMMUS; POACEAE; RODENTIA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84878748303     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1328-2     Document Type: Article

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