Plant-herbivorous beetle networks: Molecular characterization of trophic ecology within a threatened steppic environment

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 4023-4038

  Kajtoch, L ^a   Kubisz, D ^a   Heise, W ^b   Mazur, M A ^c   Babik, W ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMATICS AND EVOLUTION OF ANIMALS   (Poland)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chrysomelidae; Curculionidae; DNA barcoding; host plant; molecular ecology; xerothermic grasslands

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HEXAPODA;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA BARCODING; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; HERBIVORY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT; WEEVIL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; HERBIVORY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANTS; WEEVILS;

EID: 84937736041     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13278     Document Type: Article

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