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@article{2335919, author = {Dmitrovic, Barbara Andelic and Gajski, Domagoj and Kos, Tomislav and Jelic, Misel and Seric Jelaska, Lucija}, article_number = {9}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15090976}, keywords = {Aranea; trophic links; Croatia; ecological farming; environmental DNA; gut content analysis; Mediterranean agriculture}, language = {eng}, issn = {1424-2818}, journal = {Diversity}, title = {Insight into Trophic Interactions of Spiders in Olive Groves with Integrated and Ecological Pest Management Using DNA Metabarcoding}, url = {https://doi.org/10.3390/d15090976}, volume = {15}, year = {2023} }
TY - JOUR ID - 2335919 AU - Dmitrovic, Barbara Andelic - Gajski, Domagoj - Kos, Tomislav - Jelic, Misel - Seric Jelaska, Lucija PY - 2023 TI - Insight into Trophic Interactions of Spiders in Olive Groves with Integrated and Ecological Pest Management Using DNA Metabarcoding JF - Diversity VL - 15 IS - 9 SP - 1-14 EP - 1-14 PB - MDPI SN - 14242818 KW - Aranea KW - trophic links KW - Croatia KW - ecological farming KW - environmental DNA KW - gut content analysis KW - Mediterranean agriculture UR - https://doi.org/10.3390/d15090976 N2 - Spiders act as one of the major predators among arthropods in agroecosystems and are crucial to the control of pest densities. As they are almost exclusively predators, they have developed a number of hunting strategies, which have consequently impacted their complex trophic interactions. The development of molecular biology methods for environmental DNA analysis has made it easier to analyze such complex trophic networks. In order to ascertain the trophic interactions of spiders, a sampling of spider species was carried out in two olive groves in Zadar County, Croatia, under integrated and ecological pest management. To construct the trophic networks of spiders, we performed DNA metabarcoding. The combined general and spider-excluding primers were able to recognize prey from 12 distinct orders in the guts of the 57 spiders. According to our results, spiders have a complex trophic network that exhibits seasonal and site-specific variations. The results obtained from both sites having different pest management also confirmed that spiders consumed phytophagous insects in the highest ratio, including some important pests, in comparison to other prey and that management and guild type had an impact on the predation of phytophagous insects. ER -
DMITROVIC, Barbara Andelic, Domagoj GAJSKI, Tomislav KOS, Misel JELIC and Lucija SERIC JELASKA. Insight into Trophic Interactions of Spiders in Olive Groves with Integrated and Ecological Pest Management Using DNA Metabarcoding. \textit{Diversity}. MDPI, 2023, vol.~15, No~9, p.~1-14. ISSN~1424-2818. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d15090976.
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