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Foraging history of individual elephants using DNA metabarcoding

Individual animals should adjust diets according to food availability. We used DNA metabarcoding to construct individual-level dietary timeseries for elephants from two family groups in Kenya varying in habitat use, social position and reproductive status. We detected at least 367 dietary plant taxa...

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Autores principales: Gill, Brian A., Wittemyer, George, Cerling, Thure E., Musili, Paul M., Kartzinel, Tyler R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10320352/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37416829
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230337