Methods to identify the prey of invertebrate predators in terrestrial field studies

Additive effects of predator diversity on pest control caused by few interactions among predator species

(2015) EVE ROUBINET et al.   ECOLOGICAL ENTOMOLOGY

The time scale of isotope signals in spiders: molting the remains of a previous diet

(2015) Yordan K. Belivanov et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Material affects attack rates on dummy caterpillars in tropical forest where arthropod predators dominate: an experiment using clay and dough dummies with green colourants on various plant species

(2015) Katerina Sam et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Predation pressure in Ugandan cotton fields measured by a sentinel prey method

(2015) Andy G. Howe et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Do Insectivorous Birds use Volatile Organic Compounds from Plants as Olfactory Foraging Cues? Three Experimental Tests

(2015) Tuuli-Marjaana Koski et al.   ETHOLOGY

Differential ant exclusion from canopies shows contrasting top-down effects on community structure

(2015) Laia Mestre et al.   OECOLOGIA

Functional identity and diversity of animals predict ecosystem functioning better than species-based indices

(2015) V. Gagic et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Exposing the structure of an Arctic food web

(2015) Helena K. Wirta et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Arthropod but Not Bird Predation in Ethiopian Homegardens Is Higher in Tree-Poor than in Tree-Rich Landscapes

(2015) Debissa Lemessa et al.   PLoS One

Tools and techniques for investigating impacts of habitat complexity on biological control

(2014) Paul J. Chisholm et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Natural levels of colour polymorphism reduce performance of visual predators searching for camouflaged prey

(2014) Einat Karpestam et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Best practices for use of stable isotope mixing models in food-web studies

(2014) Donald L. Phillips et al.   CANADIAN JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Determining predator identity from attack marks left in model caterpillars: guidelines for best practice

(2014) Petah A. Low et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Molecular detection of trophic interactions: emerging trends, distinct advantages, significant considerations and conservation applications

(2014) Elizabeth L. Clare   Evolutionary Applications

Assessing the impact of arthropod natural enemies on crop pests at the field scale

(2014) Sarina Macfadyen et al.   Insect Science

Knowing your enemies: Integrating molecular and ecological methods to assess the impact of arthropod predators on crop pests

(2014) Michael J. Furlong   Insect Science

Intraguild predation in pioneer predator communities of alpine glacier forelands

(2014) Lorna Raso et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Universal and blocking primer mismatches limit the use of high-throughput DNA sequencing for the quantitative metabarcoding of arthropods

(2014) J. Piñol et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Flow and stability of natural pest control services depend on complexity and crop rotation at the landscape scale

(2013) Adrien Rusch et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

The detectability half-life in arthropod predator-prey research: what it is, why we need it, how to measure it, and how to use it

(2013) Matthew H. Greenstone et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Un-nesting DNA Russian dolls - the potential for constructing food webs using residual DNA in empty aphid mummies

(2013) Y.-D. Varennes et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

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

Management intensity and vegetation complexity affect web-building spiders and their prey

(2013) Eva Diehl et al.   OECOLOGIA

Natural enemy interactions constrain pest control in complex agricultural landscapes

(2013) E. A. Martin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intraguild predation in winter wheat: prey choice by a common epigeal carabid consuming spiders

(2012) Jeffrey S. Davey et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Predation on exposed and leaf-rolling artificial caterpillars in tropical forests of Papua New Guinea

(2012) Katerina Tvardikova et al.   JOURNAL OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

Trophic interactions in centipedes (Chilopoda, Myriapoda) as indicated by fatty acid patterns: Variations with life stage, forest age and season

(2012) Olga Ferlian et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Arthropod food webs in organic and conventional wheat farming systems of an agricultural long-term experiment: a stable isotope approach

(2011) Klaus Birkhofer et al.   AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST ENTOMOLOGY

On the Use of Stable Isotopes in Trophic Ecology

(2011) William J. Boecklen et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

The global relationship between climate, net primary production and the diet of spiders

(2011) Klaus Birkhofer et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Mixed effects of organic farming and landscape complexity on farmland biodiversity and biological control potential across Europe

(2011) Camilla Winqvist et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Comparing the predatory performance of green lacewing on cotton bollworm on conventional and Bt cotton

(2011) M. H. Bahar et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ENTOMOLOGY

Who is eating what: diet assessment using next generation sequencing

(2011) FRANCOIS POMPANON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Malaria vector control: from past to future

(2011) Kamaraju Raghavendra et al.   PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH

Climate Change, Keystone Predation, and Biodiversity Loss

(2011) C. D. G. Harley   SCIENCE

Trophic Downgrading of Planet Earth

(2011) James A. Estes et al.   SCIENCE

Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

(2010) Flavia Geiger et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Multiplex reactions for the molecular detection of predation on pest and nonpest invertebrates in agroecosystems

(2010) R. ANDREW KING et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

The fat that matters: Soil food web analysis using fatty acids and their carbon stable isotope signature

(2010) Liliane Ruess et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Taking it to the next level: Trophic transfer of marker fatty acids from basal resource to predators

(2010) Melanie M. Pollierer et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Fatty acid patterns as biomarker for trophic interactions: Changes after dietary switch and starvation

(2010) Dominique Haubert et al.   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

A simple method to differentially exclude ants from tree canopies based on ant body size

(2010) Carla Romeu-Dalmau et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Maximized PUFA measurements improve insight in changes in fatty acid composition in response to temperature

(2009) Coby van Dooremalen et al.   ARCHIVES OF INSECT BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Dummy caterpillars as a simple method to assess predation rates on invertebrates in a tropical agroecosystem

(2009) Andrew Howe et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Variation in discrimination factors (Δ15N and Δ13C): the effect of diet isotopic values and applications for diet reconstruction

(2009) Stéphane Caut et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Analysis of Australian fur seal diet by pyrosequencing prey DNA in faeces

(2009) BRUCE E. DEAGLE et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Trophic structure and major trophic links in conventional versus organic farming systems as indicated by carbon stable isotope ratios of fatty acids

(2009) Dominique Haubert et al.   OIKOS

Top Predators as Conservation Tools: Ecological Rationale, Assumptions, and Efficacy

(2008) Fabrizio Sergio et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

Tracking aphid predation by lycosid spiders in spring-sown cereals using PCR-based gut-content analysis

(2008) A.-K. Kuusk et al.   BASIC AND APPLIED ECOLOGY

Isotopic ecology ten years after a call for more laboratory experiments

(2008) Carlos Martínez del Rio et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Cursorial spiders retard initial aphid population growth at low densities in winter wheat

(2008) K. Birkhofer et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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

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

Identifying the predator complex of Homalodisca vitripennis (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae): a comparative study of the efficacy of an ELISA and PCR gut content assay

(2008) Valerie Fournier et al.   OECOLOGIA

Marine resource flows to terrestrial arthropod predators on a temperate island: the role of subsidies between systems of similar productivity

(2008) Achim Paetzold et al.   OECOLOGIA