Unravelling bird nest arthropod community structure using metabarcoding

Bird nests are fascinating microcosms harboring a wide range of arthropods parasitizing the nesting birds or feeding on prey remains, feces, and the nest material. Studies of these communities have been entirely based on emergence traps which collect live organisms out of the nests. The analysis of...

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Main Authors: Valerie Levesque-Beaudin, Dirk Steinke, Mieke Böcker, Bettina Thalinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-09-01
Series:Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
Online Access:https://mbmg.pensoft.net/article/103279/download/pdf/