DNA metabarcoding of spiders, insects, and springtails for exploring potential linkage between above- and below-ground food webs

Species-rich networks and eco-evolutionary synthesis at the metacommunity level

(2017) Hirokazu Toju et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Ericaceous plant-fungus network in a harsh alpine-subalpine environment

(2016) H. Toju et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

A cost-efficient and simple protocol to enrich prey DNA from extractions of predatory arthropods for large-scale gut content analysis by Illumina sequencing

(2016) Henrik Krehenwinkel et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

VSEARCH: a versatile open source tool for metagenomics

(2016) Torbjørn Rognes et al.   PeerJ

Extensive niche overlap among the dominant arthropod predators of the High Arctic

(2015) Helena K. Wirta et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Molecular detection of invertebrate prey in vertebrate diets: trophic ecology of Caribbean island lizards

(2015) Tyler R. Kartzinel et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

High-throughput DNA barcoding for ecological network studies

(2015) Hirokazu Toju   POPULATION ECOLOGY

What do molecular methods bring to host–parasitoid food webs?

(2015) Jan Hrček et al.   TRENDS IN PARASITOLOGY

DNA metabarcoding and the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I marker: not a perfect match

(2014) B. E. Deagle et al.   Biology Letters

Diet disparity among sympatric herbivorous cichlids in the same ecomorphs in Lake Tanganyika: amplicon pyrosequences on algal farms and stomach contents

(2014) Hiroki Hata et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Environmental metabarcodes for insects:in silicoPCR reveals potential for taxonomic bias

(2014) Laurence J. Clarke et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Belowground biodiversity and ecosystem functioning

(2014) Richard D. Bardgett et al.   NATURE

Complementary molecular information changes our perception of food web structure

(2014) Helena K. Wirta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A new versatile primer set targeting a short fragment of the mitochondrial COI region for metabarcoding metazoan diversity: application for characterizing coral reef fish gut contents

(2013) Matthieu Leray et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Slowing PCR ramp speed reduces chimera formation from environmental samples

(2013) Julia L. Stevens et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Improving accuracy of DNA diet estimates using food tissue control materials and an evaluation of proxies for digestion bias

(2013) Austen C. Thomas et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Dietary competition between the alien Asian Musk Shrew (Suncus murinus) and a re-introduced population of Telfair's Skink (Leiolopisma telfairii)

(2013) D. S. Brown et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The diet ofMyotis lucifugusacross Canada: assessing foraging quality and diet variability

(2013) Elizabeth L. Clare et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Redesign of PCR primers for mitochondrial cytochromecoxidase subunit I for marine invertebrates and application in all-taxa biotic surveys

(2013) J. Geller et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

A pragmatic approach to the analysis of diets of generalist predators: the use of next-generation sequencing with no blocking probes

(2013) J. Piñol et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Practical innovations for high-throughput amplicon sequencing

(2013) Derek S Lundberg et al.   NATURE METHODS

Two New Computational Methods for Universal DNA Barcoding: A Benchmark Using Barcode Sequences of Bacteria, Archaea, Animals, Fungi, and Land Plants

(2013) Akifumi S. Tanabe et al.   PLoS One

Ultrafast clustering algorithms for metagenomic sequence analysis

(2012) W. Li et al.   BRIEFINGS IN BIOINFORMATICS

Nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region as a universal DNA barcode marker for Fungi

(2012) C. L. Schoch et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

UCHIME improves sensitivity and speed of chimera detection

(2011) Robert C. Edgar et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Who is eating what: diet assessment using next generation sequencing

(2011) FRANCOIS POMPANON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Molecular detection of trophic links in a complex insect host-parasitoid food web

(2011) JAN HRCEK et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

PCR enrichment techniques to identify the diet of predators

(2011) R. O’RORKE et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Comparative analysis of a large dataset indicates that internal transcribed spacer (ITS) should be incorporated into the core barcode for seed plants

(2011) et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Vision as a third sensory modality to elicit attack behavior in a nocturnal spider

(2010) L. M. Fenk et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Use of ITS2 Region as the Universal DNA Barcode for Plants and Animals

(2010) Hui Yao et al.   PLoS One

Empirical and theoretical challenges in aboveground–belowground ecology

(2009) Wim H. van der Putten et al.   OECOLOGIA

Blocking primers to enhance PCR amplification of rare sequences in mixed samples – a case study on prey DNA in Antarctic krill stomachs

(2008) Hege Vestheim et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Error-correcting barcoded primers for pyrosequencing hundreds of samples in multiplex

(2008) Micah Hamady et al.   NATURE METHODS

Subsidy from the detrital food web, but not microhabitat complexity, affects the role of generalist predators in an aboveground herbivore food web

(2008) Klaus Birkhofer et al.   OIKOS