The detectability half-life in arthropod predator-prey research: What it is, why we need it, how to measure it, and how to use it

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3799-3813

  Greenstone, Matthew H ^a   Payton, Mark E ^b   Weber, Donald C ^a   Simmons, Alvin M ^c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service   (United States)

Author keywords

biological control; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; molecular gut content analysis; polymerase chain reaction; predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CHAIN; HALF LIFE TIME; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GUT-CONTENT ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS; STOMACH JUICE;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MOLECULAR GUT-CONTENT ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DNA; ECOLOGY; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CHAIN; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HALF-LIFE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84904649820     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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