Silica particles with encapsulated DNA as trophic tracers

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 231-241

  Mora, C A ^a   Paunescu, D ^a   Grass, R N ^a   Stark, W J ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food webs; Particle tracer; Predator prey interactions; Species interactions

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA;

DNA; NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLINATION; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DIPTERA; DNA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; NANOPARTICLES; POLLINATION; SILICON DIOXIDE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84922657022     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12299     Document Type: Article

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