Dietary separation of sympatric carnivores identified by molecular analysis of scats
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Ecology
- Vol. 9 (10), 1583-1590
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294x.2000.01037.x
Abstract
We studied the diets of four sympatric carnivores in the flooding savannas of western Venezuela by analysing predator DNA and prey remains in faeces. DNA was isolated and a portion of the cytochrome ...Keywords
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