ArticleEcology and evolution2020
Diet of a rare herbivore based on DNA metabarcoding of feces: Selection, seasonality, and survival.
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- Seasonal body mass dynamics mediate life-history trade-offs in a hibernating mammal.The Journal of animal ecology · 2026Article
- Dietary DNA Metabarcoding From Animal Fecal Samples.Current protocols · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Quantitative Accuracy and Application of DNA Metabarcoding for Dietary Reconstruction in Ruminants.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Seasonal dietary shifts drive gut microbiome plasticity and metabolic adaptation in wild yaks on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Seasonal Dietary Patterns of Tarim Red Deer (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Fecal DNA Metabarcoding Reveals the Diet of Asian Elephant in China During the Dry Season: Implications for Adaptation to Habitat Resources and Conservation.Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Selection and Adaptation to Urban Food Resources Promote Spotted Dove (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Associations between gut microbiota and diet composition of three arid-adapted rodent species from the Inner Mongolia grassland.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
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- Metabarcoding analysis provides insight into the link between prey and plant intake in a large alpine cat carnivore, the snow leopard.Royal Society open science · 2024Article
- DNA metabarcoding reveals the seasonal variation of dietary composition of Taihangshan macaque (Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Assessing the diet and seed dispersal ability of non-native sambar deer (Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
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- Dietary characterization of the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse and sympatric rodents using DNA metabarcoding.Ecology and evolution · 2022Article
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- The role of neutral and adaptive genomic variation in population diversification and speciation in two ground squirrel species of conservation concern.Molecular ecology · 2021Article
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Abstract
In herbivores, survival and reproduction are influenced by quality and quantity of forage, and hence, diet and foraging behavior are the foundation of an herbivore's life history strategy. Given the importance of diet to most herbivores, it is imperative that we know the species of plants they prefer, especially for herbivorous species that are at risk for extinction. However, it is often difficult to identify the diet of small herbivores because: (a) They are difficult to observe, (b) collecting stomach contents requires sacrificing animals, and (c) microhistology requires accurately identifying taxa from partially digested plant fragments and likely overemphasizes less-digestible taxa. The northern Idaho ground squirrel (
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