The construction of increasingly detailed species interaction networks is extending the
potential applications of network ecology, providing an opportunity to understand complex …

Recording species interactions is one of the main challenges in ecological studies.
Frugivory has received much attention for decades as a model for mutualisms among free …

Metabarcoding provides a powerful tool for investigating biodiversity and trophic
interactions, but the high sensitivity of this methodology makes it vulnerable to errors …

Identifying the composition of avian diets is a critical step in characterizing the roles of birds
within ecosystems. However, because birds are a diverse taxonomic group with equally …

The composition of gut bacterial communities is strongly influenced by the host diet in many
animal taxa. For birds, the effect of diet on the microbiomes has been documented through …

DNA metabarcoding is widely used to determine wild animal diets, but whether this
technique provides accurate, quantitative measurements is still under debate. To test our …

Dietary metabarcoding has vastly improved our ability to analyse the diets of animals, but it
is hampered by a plethora of technical limitations including potentially reduced data output …

High-throughput sequencing platforms are increasingly being used for targeted amplicon
sequencing because they enable cost-effective sequencing of large sample sets. For …

Abstract Information about the dietary composition of a species is crucial to understanding
their position and role in the food web. Increasingly, molecular approaches such as DNA …

Abstract Knowledge of food web interactions is essential for understanding the role of
carnivores in an ecosystem and designing appropriate conservation and management …