Fine‐scale estimation of trophic interactions is an important subject in the field of ecology.
Diet analysis based on fecal DNA metabarcoding has been accepted as a noninvasive …

The characterization of biodiversity is a crucial element of ecological investigations as well
as environmental assessment and monitoring activities. Increasingly, amplicon-based …

Dietary DNA metabarcoding enables researchers to identify and characterize trophic
interactions with a high degree of taxonomic precision. It is also sensitive to sources of bias …

Generalist insectivorous birds can provide ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes by
consuming arthropod pests, or they can provide disservices when they consume beneficial …

DNA metabarcoding assays are powerful tools for delving into the DNA in wildlife feces,
giving unprecedented ability to detect species, understand natural history, and identify …

Farmlands are becoming more important as waterfowl foraging habitats, while natural
wetlands are being lost globally. However, it is unclear how waterfowl coexist in agricultural …

Overbrowsing by the explosively increasing deer has a huge impact on forest vegetation in
the temperate zone. Although it was expected that, over the years, the decline of forest floor …

Oceanic island ecosystems are vulnerable to artificial disturbances, and many island
endemics are at risk of extinction. Conservation of island endemics is a high priority for …

Little is known about the tolerances of mammalian herbivores to plant specialized
metabolites across landscapes. We investigated the tolerances of two species of …

Introduction Accurately quantifying the diet of species has implications for our understanding
of their ecology and conservation. Yet, determining the dietary composition of threatened …