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Predatory arthropods, among them carabid beetles (fam. Carabidae), play a key role in regulating the plant eating invertebrates in different agroecosystems. Croatian part of Mediterranean is extremely reach in biodiversity, and poorly investigated. Especially, studies on impact of different agricultural practices and use of various pesticides on diversity of beneficial predatory fauna and their trophic interactions have been scarce. Prior to molecular trophic analyses, we sampled invertebrate fauna, as a potential food for predatory arthropods, including carabid beetles, in olive groves and vineyards, both in ecological (EPM) and integrated (IPM) productions, and in pristine natural habitat, typical for that part of karst area. The knowledge on diversity and phenology of potential prey groups is important for developing molecular assays for detecting consumed species, and for better taxonomic resolution of consumed prey species accessed via DNA
Tomislav Kos
19thECM poster
HRZZ Instalation grant UIP-2017-05-1046
PESCAR (Interreg-IPA-CBC (HR-BA-ME277)
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
I decalre to have no ethic and security interests
I decalre to have no conflicts interests
This work has been supported by Croatian Science Foundation under the project UIP-2017-05-1046 and the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, and cosupported by IPA CBC INTERREG EU found project PESCAR "Peaticide control and reduction".
HRZZ Instalation grant UIP-2017-05-1046
PESCAR (Interreg-IPA-CBC (HR-BA-ME277)
MEDITERATRI - Neonicotinoids and Copper in the Mediterranean Agriculture – their effects on non-target invertebrates through trophic interactions
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb
I decalre to have no ethic and security interests
I decalre to have no conflicts interests