• The nestling diet of Svalbard snow buntings identified by DNA metabarcoding 

      Stolz, Christian (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2019-05-15)
      Tundra arthropods have considerable ecological importance as a food source for several bird species that are reproducing in the Arctic. The actual arthropod taxa comprising the chick diet are however rarely known, complicating assessments of ecological interactions. In this study, I identified the nestling diet of Svalbard snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) for the first time. Faecal samples of ...