Merging DNA metabarcoding and ecological network analysis to understand and build resilient terrestrial ecosystems

Functional Ecology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 1904-1916

  Evans, Darren M ^a,b   Kitson, James J N ^b   Lunt, David H ^b   Straw, Nigel A ^c   Pocock, Michael J O ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

food webs; forestry; host parasitoid interactions; invasive species; next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DNA; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOOD WEB; GENERATION TIME; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT LOSS; HOST-PARASITOID INTERACTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NETWORK ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 84963696302     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12659     Document Type: Review

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