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Discrimination of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae) diet and niche overlap using next-generation sequencing of gut contents

Species of grasshopper have been divided into three diet classifications based on mandible morphology: forbivorous (specialist on forbs), graminivorous (specialist on grasses), and mixed feeding (broad-scale generalists). For example, Melanoplus bivittatus and Dissosteira carolina are presumed to be...

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Autores principales: McClenaghan, Beverly, Gibson, Joel F, Shokralla, Shadi, Hajibabaei, Mehrdad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4559048/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26356479
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1585