Determining diet is a key prerequisite for understanding species interactions, food web
structure and ecological dynamics. In recent years, there has been considerable …

The use of DNA barcodes, which are short gene sequences taken from a standardized
portion of the genome and used to identify species, is entering a new phase of application …

DNA barcodes have provided a new biological tool for organismal biologists to increase
their understanding of the natural world. Over the last decade four plant DNA barcode …

DNA barcoding has transformed the fields of ecology, evolution, and conservation by
providing a rapid and effective tool for species identification. The growth of DNA barcodes as …

Knowledge of species composition and their interactions, in the form of interaction networks,
is required to understand processes shaping their distribution over time and space. As such …

An intricate network of interactions between organisms and their environment form the
ecosystems that sustain life on earth. With a detailed understanding of these interactions …

Herbivory and plant defenses exhibit a coupled decline along elevation gradients. However,
the current ecological equilibrium could be disrupted under climate change, with a faster …

A DNA barcode is a short piece of DNA sequence used for species determination and
discovery. The internal transcribed spacer (ITS/ITS 2) region has been proposed as the …

Should we build our own phylogenetic trees based on gene sequence data, or can we
simply use available synthesis phylogenies? This is a fundamental question that any study …

How networks of ecological interactions are structured has a major impact on their
functioning. However, accurately resolving both the nodes of the webs and the links …