Projecten
Invasive leaf-miners to the tropical areas and creating the DNA barcode library to detect new invasions
This project revealed which groups of leaf-miners show ecological plasticity and can act as potential colonizers of sub-Saharan Africa, which ecosystems are most at risk, and which pathways and which vectors of introduction are most important. Because researchers need a fast and reliable way to link global taxonomic information with DNA sequence libraries, we have provided a preliminary global DNA barcode (COI) library for 124 gracillariid species dx.doi.org/10.5883/DS-GRAC3. Within this project we also clarified certain interesting questions in taxonomic history (please refer to the publication on the intranet).
Hoofdonderzoeker:
- Jurate De Prins
Datum:
2013 2013Medewerkers:
- Jurate De Prins
- Eliane De Coninck
Externe partners:
Paul Hebert, Guelph Univeristy, CanadaAkito Kawahara, Florida University, USA
Megan Milton, Guelph University, Canada
Willy De Prins, Flemish Entomological Society, Belgium
Andre Heughebaert, Belgian Biodiversity Platform
Nicolas Noe, Belgian Biodiversity Platform