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Chapter Three - Empirically characterising trophic networks: what emerging DNA-based methods, stable isotope and fatty acid analyses can offer.

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Food webs in agricultural systems are complex and trophic linkages are difficult to track using conventional methodologies. Here, we review three alternative approaches that allow empirical assessment of feeding interactions: DNA-based techniques, and stable isotope and fatty acid analyses. DNA-based methods, namely multiplex PCR and nextgeneration sequencing, allow identification of food types and host-parasitoid linkages, resulting in taxonomically highly resolved feeding networks. Stable isotopes and fatty acids reflect the assimilation of broader categories of resources, as metabolised into the consumers' tissue, together with the associated energy and nutrient fluxes in the food web. We discuss the strengths of the approaches but also highlight their limitations, providing practical advice on which technique is best suited to answer specific questions in examining food web interactions in agroecosystems. Future refinements of these techniques, especially when used in combination, could herald a new era in agricultural food web ecology, enabling management and environmental impact to be placed in the mechanistic context of trophic networks.
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hal-00915013 , version 1 (06-12-2013)

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Michael Traugott, Stefaniya Kamenova, Liliane Ruess, Julia Seeber, Manuel Plantegenest. Chapter Three - Empirically characterising trophic networks: what emerging DNA-based methods, stable isotope and fatty acid analyses can offer.. Advances in Ecological Research, 49, Elsevier, pp.177-224, 2013, Advances In Ecological Research, ⟨10.1016/B978-0-12-420002-9.00003-2⟩. ⟨hal-00915013⟩
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