• Focal vs. fecal: Seasonal variation in the diet of wild vervet monkeys from observational and DNA metabarcoding data 

      Brun, Loïc; Schneider, Judith; Carrió, Eduard Mas; Dongre, Pooja; Taberlet, Pierre Robert Michel; Waal, van de; Fumagalli, Luca (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-10-01)
      Assessing the diet of wild animals reveals valuable information about their ecology and trophic relationships that may help elucidate dynamic interactions in ecosystems and forecast responses to environmental changes. Advances in molecular biology provide valuable research tools in this field. However, comparative empirical research is still required to highlight strengths and potential biases of ...
    • Molecular assessment of dietary variation in neighbouring primate groups 

      Schneider, Judith; Brun, Loïc; Taberlet, Pierre Robert Michel; Fumagalli, Luca; van de Waal, Erica (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-03-02)
      <ol> <li>Facing rapid environmental changes and anthropogenic habitat destruction, animal behavioural plasticity becomes an adaptive potential that needs to be considered in conservation strategies along with, for example, genetic diversity. Here, we evaluate to what extent non-invasive environmental DNA (eDNA) methods may contribute to the assessment of intraspecies behavioural plasticity in terms ...