Detection of seed DNA in regurgitates of granivorous carabid beetles

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 728-735

  Wallinger, C ^a   Sint, D ^a   Baier, F ^a   Schmid, C ^a   Mayer, R ^a   Traugott, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carabidae; feeding experiment; granivory; Harpalus rufipes; seed predation; spermatophagous species; trnL

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DETECTION METHOD; DNA; GRASS; HERB; SEED BANK; SEED PREDATION;

ANIMALIA; CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HARPALUS RUFIPES; HEXAPODA; LOLIUM PERENNE; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE;

ANIMAL; BEETLE; CLASSIFICATION; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; DIGESTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84949530427     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S000748531500067X     Document Type: Article

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