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Using next-generation sequencing to analyse the diet of a highly endangered land snail (Powelliphanta augusta) feeding on endemic earthworms
(Public Library of Science, 2013-09-27)
Predation is often difficult to observe or quantify for species that are rare, very small, aquatic or nocturnal. The assessment of such species’ diet can be conducted using molecular methods that target prey DNA remaining ...
Identifying plant DNA in the faeces of a generalist insect pest to inform trap cropping strategy
(Springer on behalf of INRA, 2019-12)
Monocropping elevates many insects to the status of economic pests. In these agroecosystems, non-crop habitats are sometimes deployed as trap crops to reduce pest damage. This environmentally friendly alternative to ...
Pyrosequencing of prey DNA in faeces of carnivorous land snails to facilitate ecological restoration and relocation programmes
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2014-06)
Identifying and understanding predator diets is of high importance in biological conservation. This is particularly true for the introduction, establishment and maintenance of predator populations in newly created or ...
When mining the habitat of a rare carnivorous landsnail leads to a wealth of knowledge gain for the whole genus
(Open Science Centre, University of Jyväskylä, 2018)
Powelliphanta is a genus of large land snails endemic to New Zealand. The twelve recognised species and numerous sub-species in that genus are known for their bright and colourful shells as well as their carnivorous habits. ...
Ground wētā in vines of the Awatere Valley, Marlborough: Biology, density and distribution
(Taylor & Francis on behalf of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 2016)
The endemic New Zealand ground wētā (Hemiandrus sp. ‘promontorius’) has a Naturally Uncommon conservation status. This is because of the paucity of information on its density and distribution. Here, the biology, density ...