Who is eating what: diet assessment using next generation sequencing

F Pompanon, BE Deagle, WOC Symondson… - Molecular …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
The analysis of food webs and their dynamics facilitates understanding of the mechanistic
processes behind community ecology and ecosystem functions. Having accurate techniques …

Molecular identification of prey in predator diets

WOC Symondson - Molecular ecology, 2002‏ - Wiley Online Library
In many situations prey choice by predators in the field cannot be established or quantified
using direct observation. The remains of some prey may be visually identified in the guts and …

Taxon‐specific PCR for DNA barcoding arthropod prey in bat faeces

MRK Zeale, RK Butlin, GLA Barker… - Molecular ecology …, 2011‏ - Wiley Online Library
The application of DNA barcoding to dietary studies allows prey taxa to be identified in the
absence of morphological evidence and permits a greater resolution of prey identity than is …

[كتاب][B] Insect ecology: an ecosystem approach

TD Schowalter - 2022‏ - books.google.com
Insect Ecology: An Ecosystem Approach, Fifth Edition provides the most updated and
comprehensive knowledge of the diversity of insect responses to environmental changes …

[كتاب][B] Molecular ecology

JR Freeland - 2020‏ - books.google.com
A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

INVITED REVIEW: Molecular analysis of predation: a review of best practice for DNA‐based approaches

RA King, DS Read, M Traugott… - Molecular …, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
Molecular analysis of predation, through polymerase chain reaction amplification of prey
remains within the faeces or digestive systems of predators, is a rapidly growing field …

Food relationships

I Hodek, A Honěk, I Hodek - Ecology of coccinellidae, 1996‏ - Springer
Food relationships of Coccinellidae have always been actively studied, largely because of
the economic impact of most coccinellid species. Unfortunately the prey-predator …

Quantification of damage in DNA recovered from highly degraded samples–a case study on DNA in faeces

BE Deagle, JP Eveson, SN Jarman - Frontiers in zoology, 2006‏ - Springer
Background Poorly preserved biological tissues have become an important source of DNA
for a wide range of zoological studies. Measuring the quality of DNA obtained from these …

Advances in molecular ecology: tracking trophic links through predator–prey food‐webs

SK Sheppard, JD Harwood - Functional ecology, 2005‏ - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 It is not always possible to track trophic interactions between predators and prey
by direct observation. This is especially true when observing small or elusive animals with …

Next‐generation biological control: the need for integrating genetics and genomics

K Leung, E Ras, KB Ferguson, S Ariëns… - Biological …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biological control is widely successful at controlling pests, but effective biocontrol agents are
now more difficult to import from countries of origin due to more restrictive international trade …