Use of Molecular Gut Content Analysis to Decipher the Range of Food Plants of the Invasive Spotted Lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula

A Avanesyan, WO Lamp - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spotted lanternfly, Lycorma delicatula (Hemiptera: Fulgoridae), is an introduced highly
invasive insect pest in the US that poses a significant risk to forestry and agriculture …

Metabarcoding, direct stomach observation and stable isotope analysis reveal a highly diverse diet for the invasive green crab in Atlantic Patagonia

G Cordone, M Lozada, E Vilacoba, B Thalinger… - Biological …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The European green crab Carcinus maenas and its sister species C. aestuarii are
highly invasive species causing damage to coastal ecosystems and contributing to severe …

The natural history of caterpillar-ant associations

NE Pierce, E Dankowicz - Caterpillars in the middle: Tritrophic interactions …, 2022 - Springer
The caterpillars of many Lepidoptera are neither attacked nor tended by ants but
nevertheless appear to be obligately ant-associated and benefit from the enemy-free space …

Two is better than one: Coupling DNA metabarcoding and stable isotope analysis improves dietary characterizations for a riparian‐obligate, migratory songbird

BD Hoenig, BK Trevelline, A Kautz, SC Latta… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While an increasing number of studies are adopting molecular and chemical methods for
dietary characterization, these studies often employ only one of these laboratory‐based …

Comparison of three methods for measuring dietary composition of plains hog-nosed snakes

AM Durso, TJ Kieran, TC Glenn, SJ Mullin - Herpetologica, 2022 - meridian.allenpress.com
Wild animal diets are challenging to quantify, and the various methods for doing so have
strengths and weaknesses. Combining multiple methods can allow ecologists to assess …

Phytoplankton diversity and ecology through the lens of high throughput sequencing technologies

AL dos Santos, CG Ribeiro, D Ong, L Garczarek… - Advances in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Metabarcoding or high-throughput sequencing of a specific genetic marker is a powerful
technique, widely used today, to analyze biodiversity across distinct environments and …

An invasive appetite: Combining molecular and stable isotope analyses to reveal the diet of introduced house mice (Mus musculus) on a small, subtropical island

WA Holthuijzen, EN Flint, SJ Green, JH Plissner… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
House mice (Mus musculus) pose a conservation threat on islands, where they adversely
affect native species' distributions, densities, and persistence. On Sand Island of Kuaihelani …

Stable Isotopes Reveal the Dominant Species to Have the Widest Trophic Niche of Three Syntopic Microtus Voles

L Balčiauskas, R Skipitytė, A Garbaras, V Stirkė… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Diets and the trophic positions of animals are fundamental issues in their
ecology. We analysed the isotopic niches (as a proxy for trophic niches) of common …

DNA metabarcoding unveils niche overlapping and competition among Caribbean sea urchins

R Rodríguez-Barreras, F Godoy-Vitorino… - Regional Studies in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Detailed information of trophic interactions among consumer–resources in food webs is
usually limited due to the lack of accurate identification of eaten food resources. The use of …

Stable isotopes and diet metabarcoding reveal trophic overlap between native and invasive Banded Killifish (Fundulus diaphanus) subspecies

JH Hartman, MA Davis, NJ Iacaruso… - … Biology of Fishes, 2024 - Springer
Researchers, managers, and policymakers have historically neglected non-game fishes
relative to game fishes, and this oversight has extended to invasive non-game fishes in the …