The use of DNA barcodes in food web construction-terrestrial and aquatic ecologists unite!

Genome

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 603-628

  Roslin, Tomas ^a,b   Majaneva, Sanna ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DNA barcodes; Ecological networks; Food webs; Species delimitation; Species identification; Trophic links

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; DNA BARCODING; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENOMICS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84986576756     PISSN: 08312796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/gen-2015-0229     Document Type: Conference Paper

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