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Fig. 4

From: DNA metabarcoding of spiders, insects, and springtails for exploring potential linkage between above- and below-ground food webs

Fig. 4

Food-web structure. Spider species (left) are linked to the Hexapoda OTUs (right) detected. The results of all the four PCR settings were combined. Web-weaving and non-web-weaving spiders are indicated by color. The thickness of the link represents the number of spider samples from which a focal spider–Hexapoda association was observed. The lowest taxonomic rank indicated by the automatic molecular identification is shown for each prey OTU, followed by the abbreviation of order-level taxonomy (Additional file 6). Box size represents the number of samples. COLL, Collembola; COLEO, Coleoptera; DIP, Diptera; HEMI, Hemiptera; HYM, Hymenoptera; LEPI, Lepidoptera; THY, Thysanoptera

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Zoological Letters

ISSN: 2056-306X

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