The Molecular Revolution: Using Polymerase Chain Reaction based Methods to Explore the Role of Predators in Terrestrial Food Webs

Biodiversity and Insect Pests: Key Issues for Sustainable Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 166-184

  Symondson, William O C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cloning and sequencing; Ecological sources of error; Interactions within food webs; Molecular barcoding, BOLD of 'barcoding' gene sequences; Molecular revolution, using PCR in terrestrial food webs; Predation levels, in complex, multiprey systems; Predation on target prey species; Prey choice analysis; Prey choice, and interacting factors; Quantitative ('real time') PCR

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886564100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118231838.ch10     Document Type: Chapter

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