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    DNA metabarcoding Passerine bird feces at tree-line uncovers little intra- and inter-species dietary overlap 

    Bookwalter, Jamie; Niyas, Afaq M Mohamed; Caballero-López, Berta; Villari, Caterina; Marco-Tresserras, Jana; Burgas, Albert; Ferrandiz-Rovira, Mariona; Claramunt-López, Bernat (2023-07-04)

    High-elevation insectivorous birds are currently confronted with the reality of a changing climate, land use shifts, and the decline of many prey groups. The diet dynamics among many imperiled animals in this group are ...

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    Fecal matters: implementing classical Coleoptera species lists with metabarcoding data from passerine bird feces 

    Bookwalter, Jamie; Niyas, Afaq M Mohamed; Caballero-López, Berta; Villari, Caterina; Claramunt-López, Bernat (2023-06-29)

    Diversity inventories are critical to creating accurate species range maps and estimating population sizes, which in turn lead to better informed landscape and wildlife management decisions. Metabarcoding has facilitated ...