Claim · model-written summary
Molecular networks had fewer links than traditional networks.
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e1“Our results showed that the accuracy of diet identification by observation method increased with the number of observed insect occurrences on food plants”
e3“Network analysis showed molecular networks had threefold more unique host plant species but fewer links than the traditional networks had”
Title
Chunchao Zhu; Dominique Gravel; Fangliang He Ecology and Evolution 2019. doi:10.1002/ece3.4860
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- Association Accuracy of diet identification by the observation method increased with the number of observed insect occurrences on food plants.
- Method / resource The molecular method identified food residues for 35.6% of larvae.
- Method / resource The molecular method correctly resolved 77.3% of plant (diet) species.
- Method / resource Molecular networks had threefold more unique host plant species than traditional networks.
- Method / resource The molecular method detected plants, including bamboos, bryophytes and lianas, that the traditional method did not sample in insect herbivore diets.
- Observation The molecular and traditional networks had significantly different structural properties.
- Recommendation The authors conclude that the traditional co-occurrence observation is inadequate and that the molecular method gives higher species resolution of ecological interactions.