Intraguild predation is increased in areas of low prey diversity in a generalist predator community

SF Uiterwaal, AJ Squires, BA Grappone… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Niche differentiation and intraguild predation (IGP) can allow ecologically similar species to
coexist, although it is unclear which coexistence mechanism predominates in consumer …

Evaluating the impacts of metabarcoding primer selection on DNA characterization of diet in an aerial insectivore, the Purple Martin

AM Forsman, BD Hoenig, SA Gaspar, JD Fischer… - The Auk, 2022 - academic.oup.com
DNA metabarcoding is a molecular technique frequently used to characterize diet
composition of insectivorous birds. However, results are sensitive to methodological …

Two is better than one: Coupling DNA metabarcoding and stable isotope analysis improves dietary characterizations for a riparian‐obligate, migratory songbird

BD Hoenig, BK Trevelline, A Kautz, SC Latta… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
While an increasing number of studies are adopting molecular and chemical methods for
dietary characterization, these studies often employ only one of these laboratory‐based …

Sea Snacks from DNA Tracks: Using DNA Metabarcoding to Characterize the Diet of Green Turtles (Chelonia Mydas)

CM Sarkis, BD Hoenig, EE Seney… - Integrative and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The green turtle (Chelonia mydas) is a circumglobal species with a wide dietary breadth that
varies among regions and life history stages. Comprehensive understanding of foraging …

DNA metabarcoding suggests adaptive seasonal variation of individual trophic traits in a critically endangered fish

K Villsen, E Corse, E Meglécz… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Dietary studies are critical for understanding foraging strategies and have important
applications in conservation and habitat management. We applied a robust metabarcoding …

All-you-can-eat buffet: A spider-specialized bat species (Myotis emarginatus) turns into a pest fly eater around cattle

C Vescera, C Van Vyve, Q Smits, JR Michaux - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Determining the dietary spectrum of European insectivorous bats over time is the
cornerstone of their conservation, as it will aid our understanding of foraging behavior …

Feeding ecology of Lagocephalus spadiceus in the Beibu Gulf by high-throughput sequencing and stable isotope analyses

H Xu, L Huang, J Qin, C Wang, Y Cheng… - Ecosystem Health …, 2024 - spj.science.org
The demersal fish populations constitute a valuable commercial resource in the Beibu Gulf,
northern South China. However, our understanding of the ontogenetic dietary shifts of fish …

Diet Metabarcoding Reveals Extensive Dietary Overlap between Two Benthic Stream Fishes (Zingel asper and Cottus gobio) and Provides Insights into Their …

K Villsen, E Corse, G Archambaud-Suard, K Héran… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Niche partitioning studies are essential to understand the mechanisms that allow
ecologically similar species to coexist. The Rhone streber (Zingel asper) and the European …

Ontogenetic diet shifts and temporal separations in gonad development of two icefish species in Hongze Lake, China

F Cheng, L Zhao, J Cao, M Jia, Y Li, Y Chen… - Freshwater …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Resource partitioning through temporal, spatial and/or trophic dimensions is suggested as a
mechanism for long‐term coexistence among sympatric species. However, how the …

High‐throughput sequencing and fatty acid profile analyses of the Black Amur bream (Megalobrama terminalis) reveal variation in dietary niche associated with …

Y Liu, X Li, W Chen, G Feng, F Chen, J Li… - Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Fish dietary niche is a core focus, and it reflects the diversity of resources, habitats, or
environments occupied by a species. However, whether geographic segregation among …