A comparison of live versus kill pitfall traps to assess the diet of carabids through a metabarcoding approach
Y. Graux, M. Querejeta Coma, S. Gaba, V. Bretagnolle, B. Stephane
This study compares dry and brine pitfall traps for carabid diet analysis using metabarcoding, finding higher PCR success in dry traps but similar prey detection.
bioRxiv · Mar 22, 2023Ecology