Optimizing methods for PCR-based analysis of predation

Molecular scatology: how to improve prey DNA detection success in avian faeces?

(2011) JOHANNES OEHM et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Lycosid spiders and alternative food: Feeding behavior and implications for biological control

(2010) Anna-Karin Kuusk et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Maximizing collection and minimizing risk: does vacuum suction sampling increase the likelihood for misinterpretation of food web connections?

(2010) ERIC G. CHAPMAN et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Unnecessary roughness? Testing the hypothesis that predators destined for molecular gut-content analysis must be hand-collected to avoid cross-contamination

(2010) MATTHEW H. GREENSTONE et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Successful analysis of gut contents in fungal-feeding oribatid mites by combining body-surface washing and PCR

(2010) Cecilia Remén et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Molecular identification of detritivorous soil invertebrates from their faecal pellets

(2010) Julia Seeber et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Detection of Predation Using qPCR: Effect of Prey Quantity, Elapsed Time, Chaser Diet, and Sample Preservation on Detectable Quantity of Prey DNA

(2009) Donald C. Weber et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE

The effects of temperature on detection of prey DNA in two species of carabid beetle

(2008) K. von Berg et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Molecular analysis of predation on parasitized hosts

(2008) M. Traugott et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Factors affecting detectability of prey DNA in the gut contents of invertebrate predators: a polymerase chain reaction-based method

(2008) Reza Hosseini et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Are Sweep Net Sampling and Pitfall Trapping Compatible with Molecular Analysis of Predation?

(2008) James D. Harwood   ENVIRONMENTAL ENTOMOLOGY

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

(2008) R. A. KING et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY