Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate diet and niche partitioning in the native European otter (Lutra lutra) and invasive American mink (Neovison vison)

In the UK, the native European otter (Lutra lutra) and invasive American mink (Neovison vison) have experienced concurrent declines and expansions. Currently, the otter is recovering from persecution and waterway pollution, whereas the mink is in decline due to population control and probable inters...

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Main Authors: Lynsey R. Harper, Hayley V. Watson, Robert Donnelly, Richard Hampshire, Carl D. Sayer, Thomas Breithaupt, Bernd Hänfling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-11-01
Series:Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
Online Access:https://mbmg.pensoft.net/article/56087/download/pdf/