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Ontogeny of foraging behaviour in an opportunistic gull inhabiting urban marine ecosystems

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urbanization affects ecosystems by reducing biodiversity and displacing species from native habitats. While some suffer, others, like urban wildlife, adapt through innovative feeding and behaviours that improve their fitness in human‐altered settings. Despite research on wildlife in urban areas, the development of foraging behaviour in urban species is
Joan Navarro, Víctor Martín-Vélez, Joan Giménez, José Antonio Garcia, Pablo Cermeño, Jordi Figuerola, Raül Aymí, Tomás Montalvo   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Artificial supplementary food influences hedgehog occupancy and activity patterns more than predator presence or natural food availability

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Supplementary feeding for declining hedgehog Erinaceus europaeus populations is popular in Great Britain and has been suggested as an important factor in explaining higher densities in urban areas compared with rural ones. Occupancy modelling was used to test whether spatial variation in supplementary feeding, natural food, habitat, or predator ...
Eleanor S. Benjamin, Adam Bates, Robert Davis, Anthony Sévêque, Jonathan Wild, Ben Clutterbuck, Richard W. Yarnell   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Environmental DNA metabarcoding – the future of biomonitoring

, 2020
Presentación realizada en el Curso de capacitación teórico - demostrativo - "Monitoreo de la biodiversidad con metabarcoding" organizado por el Instituto Humboldt los días 24 al 27 de noviembre del año 2020.
Pawlowski, Jan
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Metabarcoding for stomach-content analyses of Pygmy devil ray (Mobula kuhlii cf. eregoodootenkee): comparing tissue and ethanol preservative-derived DNA

, 2019
The application of high-throughput sequencing to retrieve multi-taxon DNA from different substrates such as water, soil, and stomach contents has enabled species identification without prior knowledge of taxon compositions.
Broadhurst, Matt K., Broadhurst, Matt K, Barbato, Matteo, Coleman, Melinda A, Coleman, Melinda A., Kovacs, Toby, de Bruyn, Mark   +6 more
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Urban bats show dietary flexibility in aquatic arthropod consumption at urban and rural waterbodies

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Urban waterbodies are critical for biodiversity and provide feeding grounds for insectivorous bats. Yet, how urbanisation affects bats' food choices at urban waterbodies and the role of emergent aquatic arthropods remain poorly understood. We compared the diet of three urban bat species – Vespadelus vulturnus, Chalinolobus gouldii,and Myotis macropus –
Tanja M. Straka, Melissa E. Carew, Isabel Valenzuela, Stephen R. Griffiths, Pia E. Lentini, Linda F. Lumsden, Rahul Rane, Rodney Ree van der   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracking Ungulate Diet: Comparing Observational and DNA Metabarcoding Tools

Environmental DNA
Large mammalian herbivores (LMH) are abundant in grazing ecosystems and play a pivotal role in shaping vegetation characteristics. However, accurately determining their diets through traditional methods, such as direct observations, remains challenging ...
Forman Roi, Berman Tali Sarah, Zhong Zhiwei, Dines Monica, Wang Deli, Inbar Moshe   +5 more
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DNA metabarcoding assessment of Neotropical ichthyoplankton communities is marker‐dependent

Ecology and Evolution, 2023
The study of ichthyoplankton is paramount to understanding fish assemblages' reproductive dynamics. DNA metabarcoding has been applied as a rapid, cost‐effective, and accurate taxonomy tool, allowing the identification of multiple individuals ...
Daniel Fonseca Teixeira, Heron Oliveira Hilário, Gilmar Bastos Santos, Daniel Cardoso Carvalho   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bridging the divide between models of animal‐driven and microbial‐driven biogeochemical cycling: A zoogeochemistry‐informed framework

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Most current terrestrial biogeochemical models formalize biogeochemical cycling as predominantly controlled by processes involving plants and soil microbes. However, growing evidence indicates that above‐ground animals could exert controlling feedback effects that alter
Janey R. Lienau, Nathalie R. Sommer, Oswald J. Schmitz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Impact of harvest intensity on ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal communities in forest soils

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Low‐intensity tree harvesting has been proposed as a sustainable forest management practice to balance and preserve forest productivity, carbon storage and resilience to climate extremes. Soil fungi play a central role in driving tree performance and soil carbon storage,
Steven P. C. de Goede, S. Emilia Hannula, Renske ter Haar, Frank J. Sterck, Wim H. van der Putten, G. F. (Ciska) Veen   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Increased performance of DNA metabarcoding of macroinvertebrates by taxonomic sorting

PLOS ONE, 2019
DNA-based identification through the use of metabarcoding has been proposed as the next step in the monitoring of biological communities, such as those assessed under the Water Framework Directive (WFD). Advances have been made in the field of metabarcoding, but challenges remain when using complex samples.
Kevin K. Beentjes, Arjen G. C. L. Speksnijder, Menno Schilthuizen, Marten Hoogeveen, Rob Pastoor, Berry B. van der Hoorn   +5 more
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