Molecular tools reveal diets of insectivorous birds from predator fecal matter

Conservation Genetics Resources

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 879-885

  Jedlicka, Julie A ^a   Sharma, Abhineet M ^a,b   Almeida, Rodrigo P P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian predator; Community ecology; Diet breadth; Insectivore; Molecular scatology; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880977063     PISSN: 18777252     EISSN: 18777260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12686-013-9900-1     Document Type: Review

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