Who's for dinner? High-throughput sequencing reveals bat dietary differentiation in a biodiversity hotspot where prey taxonomy is largely undescribed

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 3605-3617

  Burgar, Joanna M ^a   Murray, Daithi C ^a   Craig, Michael D ^a,b   Haile, James ^a   Houston, Jayne ^a   Stokes, Vicki ^c   Bunce, Michael ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c School of Plant Biology University of Western Australia ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Chalinolobus gouldii; dietary differentiation; molecular scatology; next generation sequencing; Nyctophilus gouldi; Vespadelus regulus

Indexed keywords

CHALINOLOBUS GOULDII; EPTESICUS REGULUS; NYCTOPHILUS GOULDI;

ANIMAL; AUSTRALIA; BAT; BIODIVERSITY; CHALINOLOBUS GOULDII; CLASSIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; DIETARY DIFFERENTIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INSECT; MALE; MOLECULAR SCATOLOGY; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; NYCTOPHILUS GOULDI; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VESPADELUS REGULUS;

CHALINOLOBUS GOULDII; DIETARY DIFFERENTIATION; MOLECULAR SCATOLOGY; NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING; NYCTOPHILUS GOULDI; VESPADELUS REGULUS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CHIROPTERA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; INSECTS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904619647     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.12531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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