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Metabarcoding of Pollen Carried by Syrphids Reveals Novel Plant–Pollinator Interactions in a Protected Natural Area and Agricultural Sites

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, EarlyView.
Using DNA metabarcoding, this study investigates pollen transported by syrphids (Syrphidae) in the Dolomiti Bellunesi National Park and agricultural sites in Northern Italy. The analysis reveals a high diversity of visited plant taxa, including previously undocumented plant–pollinator interactions.
Serena Magagnoli, Daniele Sommaggio, Claudio Ratti, Riccardo Baroncelli, Andrea Menicucci, Enrico Vettorazzo, Giovanni Burgio   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dietary flexibility and high arthropod availability prevent food limitation in a mountain population of breeding Northern Wheatears

Ibis, EarlyView.
Mountain ecosystems are under strong environmental pressure and are considered highly vulnerable to climate change, which is likely to lead to forest expansion and loss of open alpine grasslands, threatening many specialized species. However, for most alpine birds, even basic ecological knowledge, such as their diet, remains limited, restricting our ...
Camille Mermillon, Dan Chamberlain, Christian Miquel, David‐Emmanuel Coffie, Keyvan Dumas, Domenico Rosselli, Glenn Yannic   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dietary selectivity mediates niche overlap and interspecific competition in a reedbed warbler community in southern Europe

Ibis, EarlyView.
Sympatric species are expected to use resources differently along one or more ecological dimensions. This can be complex when there is partial separation along multiple dimensions, such as where bird species exhibit similarities in habitat use and diet.
S. R. Davies, I. P. Vaughan, R. J. Thomas, P. Josa, S. Bateman Posse, W. O. C. Symondson   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Not all crickets are equal: selective shrike predation highlights the conservation value of diverse arthropod communities to grassland birds

Ibis, EarlyView.
Understanding dietary preferences and prey selection is pivotal for interpreting the ecology and conservation needs of threatened species. We investigated the diet composition and prey selection of the Red‐backed Shrike Lanius collurio in a montane grassland of the central Italian Apennines, with special regard to sex‐related differences and the ...
Leonardo Ancillotto, Sauro Giannerini, Matteo Bianchi, Giulia Santalmasi, Marco Zaccaroni, Tommaso Lipparelli, Matteo Annessi, Jacopo Martino, Emiliano Mori   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Enhancing fish community monitoring at a cabled observatory by combining environmental DNA and imaging analysis

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Cabled multiparametric observatories are sustaining ecological monitoring by collecting long‐term real‐time biological and environmental data. Here, we investigated fish communities by sampling environmental DNA (eDNA) over 4 days near the multiparametric cabled video‐observatory OBSEA (Northwestern Mediterranean Sea).
Maddalena Tibone, Marco Francescangeli, Sergio Stefanni, Jacopo Aguzzi, Bernadette O'Neill, Joaquin Del Rio, Daniel Mihai Toma, Luca Mirimin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Diet characterisation of the endemic Golden Alpine salamander Salamandra atra aurorae (Caudata: Salamandridae) using DNA metabarcoding of stomach contents

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POLLI, FEDERICO
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Genes, fish and fisheries: translating science into policy

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The 2024 Annual Symposium of the Fisheries Society of the British Isles reviewed the burgeoning impact of ‘omics’ technologies on fish ecology, management and forecasting. As with life sciences more generally, major advances in speed, cost‐effectiveness and breadth of applications in ‘omics’ has had profound societal and environmental impacts.
Gary R. Carvalho
wiley   +1 more source

Quantitative insights into the spatio‐temporal variation of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) biomass in a river catchment using eDNA metabarcoding

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Effective species conservation and management requires comprehensive biomonitoring, enhanced by combining traditional and newer methodologies, such as environmental DNA (eDNA) analyses. A seasonal pulse of spawning adult Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) was detected by normalised eDNA 12S reads from metabarcoding, which facilitated estimation of ...
William Bernard Perry, Nigel Milner, Ifan Bryn Jâms, Mark de Bruyn, Steve J. Ormerod, Kristy Deiner, Holly M. Bik, Gary Carvalho, John Colbourne, Bernard Jack Cosby, Isabelle Durance, Simon Creer   +11 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘It's not much, but it's honest work’: The status of environmental DNA analyses of fish biodiversity in southern Africa

Journal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) biodiversity surveys have the power to transform the detection of species in natural environments, which is crucial for the conservation and management of freshwater, estuarine and marine environments. Globally, eDNA‐based analyses have increased significantly, with fishes being the most widely studied aquatic ...
Sophie von der Heyden
wiley   +1 more source

Using DNA Metabarcoding and Citizen Science to Assess the Diet of Owned Domestic Cats [PDF]

Ecol Evol
ABSTRACT Various methods have been attempted to quantify hunting and consumption of wild prey by domestic cats, but molecular analysis of their scat using DNA metabarcoding has rarely been attempted. In this study, we relied on owner‐collected scats (n = 32) from litterboxes and backyards to test whether this methodology could be used to detect ...
Chung H, Vanderzwan S, Sacks B.
europepmc   +2 more sources