The influence of seabirds on their breeding, roosting and nesting grounds: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

ML Grant, AL Bond, JL Lavers - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Seabird species world‐wide are integral to both marine and terrestrial environments,
connecting the two systems by transporting vast quantities of marine‐derived nutrients and …

Stable isotopes and a changing world

KA Hobson - Oecologia, 2023 - Springer
The measurement of naturally occurring stable isotope ratios of the light elements (C, N, H,
O, S) in animal tissues and associated organic and inorganic fractions of associated …

Unveiling the sources and transfer of mercury in forest bird food chains using techniques of vivo-nest video recording and stable isotopes

K Luo, W Yuan, Z Lu, Z Xiong, CJ Lin… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Knowledge gaps in mercury (Hg) biomagnification in forest birds, especially in the most
species-rich tropical and subtropical forests, limit our understanding of the ecological risks of …

Significant biomagnification of methylmercury in songbird nestlings through a rice-based food web: Insights from stable mercury isotopes

Z Xu, Q Lu, D Jia, S Li, K Luo, T Su, Z Chen… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2024 - Elsevier
To elucidate the sources and transfer of mercury (Hg) in terrestrial food chains, particularly in
heavily Hg-contaminated rice paddy ecosystems, we collected rice leaves, invertebrates …

The mercury flow through a terrestrial songbird food chain in subtropical pine forest: Elucidated by Bayesian isotope mixing model and stable mercury isotopes

Z Xu, K Luo, Q Lu, L Shang, J Tian, Z Lu, Q Li… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
In order to comprehend the transfer of inorganic mercury (IHg) and methylmercury (MeHg)
within food chains in terrestrial pine forests, we collected samples of Great Tit nestlings …

Adaptive phenotypic and genomic divergence in the common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) following niche expansion within a small oceanic island

M Recuerda, M Palacios, O Frías… - Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
According to models of ecological speciation, adaptation to adjacent, contrasting habitat
types can lead to population divergence given strong enough environment‐driven selection …

DNA metabarcoding, diversity partitioning and null models reveal mechanisms of seasonal trophic specialization in a Mediterranean warbler

DA Velarde‐Garcéz, VA Mata, P Beja… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Optimal Foraging Theory (OFT) predicts that a population's trophic niche expansion
should occur in periods of food scarcity as individuals begin to opportunistically exploit sub …

Evaluating the impacts of metabarcoding primer selection on DNA characterization of diet in an aerial insectivore, the Purple Martin

AM Forsman, BD Hoenig, SA Gaspar, JD Fischer… - The Auk, 2022 - academic.oup.com
DNA metabarcoding is a molecular technique frequently used to characterize diet
composition of insectivorous birds. However, results are sensitive to methodological …

Dietary niche overlap and resource partitioning among six steppe passerines of Central Spain using DNA metabarcoding

J Zurdo, A Barrero, LP da Silva, D Bustillo‐de la Rosa… - Ibis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Trophic niche partitioning is a mechanism that facilitates the coexistence of ecologically
similar species by sharing their resource use. However, detailed information of the trophic …

The return of raptors to Scotland's skies: Investigating the diets of reintroduced red kites and white-tailed eagles using stable isotopes

J Waterman, S Black, N Sykes, AC Kitchener, WF Mills… - PloS one, 2025 - journals.plos.org
Species reintroductions are increasingly seen as important methods of biodiversity
restoration. Reintroductions of red kites Milvus milvus and white-tailed eagles Halieaeetus …