Genetic tests help track food web, climate change | Science | Reuters
source: http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSTRE5A60MZ20091109
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Barcodes are helping to study relations "between hunter and prey in the wild and how diets may be changing due to climate change," says Scott Miller, chair of the CBOL.
"Tiny soil organisms eat each other, roots, and all sorts of plant and animal debris," he said in a statement.
"Knowing what eats what is important to many studies, including investigations into how much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are being released from soils into the atmosphere," he said.
"Tiny soil organisms eat each other, roots, and all sorts of plant and animal debris," he said in a statement.
"Knowing what eats what is important to many studies, including investigations into how much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are being released from soils into the atmosphere," he said.
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