Sparing spiders: Faeces as a non-invasive source of DNA

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Sint, Daniela ^a   Thurner, Isabella ^a   Kaufmann, Ruediger ^a   Traugott, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lycosidae; Molecular prey detection; Molecular species identification; Multiplex PCR

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; LYCOSIDAE;

EID: 84924258503     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12983-015-0096-y     Document Type: Article

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