Advancing Seabird Diet Studies Through Buccal Swabbing for DNA Metabarcoding

ABSTRACT Seabirds are often considered sentinels of ocean health, making dietary studies crucial not only for understanding their ecology and marine trophic webs, but also for informing conservation efforts and detecting ecosystem changes that may threaten biodiversity. However, determining the diet...

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Published in:	Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Lauren G. Evans, Stephanie M. Harris, Paul M. Thompson, Amy Ellison, Line S. Cordes
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2025-07-01
Subjects:	buccal swabbing diet studies DNA metabarcoding prey Procellariiform seabird
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.71606