Spatio-temporal variation of the endangered Dupont's Lark diet across Iberia and Morocco.

ABSTRACT: A species' diet is highly dependent on the availability of food resources in space and time, as well as on intrinsic factors such as sex or age. Accurate assessments of variations in the diet composition of bird populations across spatial scales, seasons and demographic groups are essential not only for understanding the basic ecology of species, but also for the conservation of endangered ones. However, our current knowledge about how birds' diet change according to spatio-temporal variations or intrinsic factors is very limited. Here, we used a multi-marker metabarcoding approach to characterize the diet of a declining shrub-steppe passerine, the Dupont's Lark (Chersophilus duponti), throughout a large part of its global distribution range. We also investigated spatial, phenological and

SUBMITTER: Zurdo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11633968 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature