PETRÁKOVÁ, Lenka, Eva LÍZNAROVÁ, Stanislav PEKÁR, Charles HADDAD, Lenka SENTENSKÁ and William SYMONDSON. Discovery of a monophagous true predator, a specialist termite-eating spider (Araneae: Ammoxenidae). Scientific Reports. 2015, vol. 5, September, p. "nestrankovano", 10 pp. ISSN 2045-2322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14013.
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Original name Discovery of a monophagous true predator, a specialist termite-eating spider (Araneae: Ammoxenidae)
Authors PETRÁKOVÁ, Lenka (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Eva LÍZNAROVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Stanislav PEKÁR (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Charles HADDAD (710 South Africa), Lenka SENTENSKÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and William SYMONDSON (826 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland).
Edition Scientific Reports, 2015, 2045-2322.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 10600 1.6 Biological sciences
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Impact factor Impact factor: 5.228
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/15:00081493
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep14013
UT WoS 000361036000001
Keywords in English PREY; DNA; DIETARY; ZODARIIDAE; EVOLUTION; PCR; SALTICIDAE; SEQUENCES; CAPTURE; PRIMERS
Tags AKR, rivok
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Lenka Sentenská, Ph.D., učo 223053. Changed: 16/2/2018 17:57.
Abstract
True predators are characterised by capturing a number of prey items during their lifetime and by being generalists. Some true predators are facultative specialists, but very few species are stenophagous specialists that catch only a few closely related prey types. A monophagous true predator that would exploit a single prey species has not been discovered yet. Representatives of the spider family Ammoxenidae have been reported to have evolved to only catch termites.
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GA15-14762S, research and development projectName: Koevoluce potravní-specializace a složení jedu u pavouků
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
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