Using DNA metabarcoding to investigate diet and niche partitioning in the native European otter (Lutra lutra) and invasive American mink (Neovison vison)
L. R. Harper, H. V. Watson, R. Donnelly, R. Hampshire, C. D. Sayer, T. Breithaupt, B. Hänfling
This study uses DNA metabarcoding to compare the diets and niche partitioning of European otters and American mink in the UK, finding low niche overlap and differences in prey diversity and composition.
bioRxiv · Jul 3, 2020Ecology