The diversity of arthropods in homes across the United States as determined by environmental DNA analyses

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 6214-6224

  Madden, Anne A ^a,b   Barberán, Albert ^a   Bertone, Matthew A ^b   Menninger, Holly L ^b   Dunn, Robert R ^b,c   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

allergens; arthropod diversity; cytochrome c oxidase; DNA barcoding; insect diversity

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DNA;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTHROPOD; CLASSIFICATION; DUST; FOOD CHAIN; HOUSING; UNITED STATES;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ARTHROPODS; DNA; DUST; FOOD CHAIN; HOUSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85006091092     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13900     Document Type: Article

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