Molecular prey identification in Central European piscivores

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 123-137

  Thalinger, Bettina ^a   Oehm, Johannes ^a   Mayr, Hannes ^a   Obwexer, Armin ^a   Zeisler, Christiane ^a   Traugott, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lutra lutra; Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis; Alcedo atthis; Diagnostic fish primers; Molecular scatology; Piscivory

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; GENETICS; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 84955188187     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12436     Document Type: Article

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