Nestling Diet of Two Sympatric Insectivorous Passerines in Different Habitats—A Metabarcoding Study

Nestling Diet of Two Sympatric Insectivorous Passerines in Different Habitats—A Metabarcoding Study

Increasing landscape transformations and urbanisation affect insectivorous bird populations in various ways such as food availability, breeding phenology, or reproductive success. Especially during the breeding season, many passerine birds rely on the availability of caterpillars as the main prey fo...

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Main Authors: Daniel Höhn, Juan F. Masello, Marc N. Kümmel, Sven Griep, Alexander Goesmann, Petra Quillfeldt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Birds
Subjects:
nestling diet
blue tit
great tit
metabarcoding
next generation sequencing
prey selection
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6004/5/1/5

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