Extensive niche overlap among the dominant arthropod predators of the High Arctic

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 86-92

  Wirta, Helena K ^a   Weingartner, Elisabeth ^b   Hambäck, Peter A ^b   Roslin, Tomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

CO1; Diet width; DNA barcode; Molecular diet analysis; Niche overlap

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCOSIDAE; PARDOSA; THOMISIDAE; XYSTICUS;

EID: 84922849015     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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