Predator preferences shape the diets of arthropodivorous bats more than quantitative local prey abundance

Although most predators are generalists, the majority of studies on the association between prey availability and prey consumption have focused on specialist predators. To investigate the role of highly generalist predators in a complex food web, we measured the relationships between prey consumptio...

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Published in:	Molecular ecology Vol. 30; no. 3; pp. 855 - 873
Main Authors:	Wray, Amy K., Peery, M. Zachariah, Jusino, Michelle A., Kochanski, Jade M., Banik, Mark T., Palmer, Jonathan M., Lindner, Daniel L., Gratton, Claudio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.02.2021
Subjects:	Abundance amplicon sequencing Animal behavior Availability Chiroptera Community structure Diet diet analysis DNA metabarcoding Food chains food composition Food webs mock community Predation Predators Prey prey species probability Seasonal variations food webs mock community amplicon sequencing diet analysis DNA metabarcoding Chiroptera
ISSN:	0962-1083, 1365-294X, 1365-294X
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