Effects of prey quality and predator body size on prey DNA detection success in a centipede predator

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3767-3776

  Eitzinger, Bernhard ^a   Unger, E M ^a   Traugott, M ^b   Scheu, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Collembola; Diptera; feeding experiment; gut content; predator prey; qPCR

Indexed keywords

CHILOPODA; COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; LITHOBIIDAE; LITHOBIOMORPHA; LITHOBIUS; LUMBRICIDAE;

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; BODY SIZE; COLLEMBOLA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; DIGESTION; DIPTERA; DNA SEQUENCE; FEEDING EXPERIMENT; FOOD CHAIN; GUT CONTENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY; QPCR; TIME;

COLLEMBOLA; DIPTERA; FEEDING EXPERIMENT; GUT CONTENT; PREDATOR-PREY; QPCR;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; BODY SIZE; DIET; DIGESTION; DNA; FOOD CHAIN; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84904753414     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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