A pragmatic approach to the analysis of diets of generalist predators: The use of next-generation sequencing with no blocking probes

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 18-26

  Pinol J ^a,b,c   San Andres V ^c   Clare, E L ^c,d   Mir, G ^e   Symondson, W O C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crop ecology; Gut content analysis; Linyphiid spiders; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LINYPHIIDAE; NEMATODA; OEDOTHORAX FUSCUS;

ANIMAL; ARACHNID; ARTICLE; CROP ECOLOGY; DIET; GUT CONTENT ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LINYPHIID SPIDERS; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROP ECOLOGY; GUT CONTENT ANALYSIS; LINYPHIID SPIDERS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALS; ARACHNIDA; DIET; GREAT BRITAIN; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84890230480     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12156     Document Type: Article

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