Assessing the utility of metabarcoding for diet analyses of the omnivorous wild pig (Sus scrofa)

Abstract Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) are an invasive species descended from both domestic swine and Eurasian wild boar that was introduced to North America during the early 1500s. Wild pigs have since become the most abundant free‐ranging exotic ungulate in the United States. Large and ever‐increasing po...

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Main Authors: Michael S. Robeson II, Kamil Khanipov, George Golovko, Samantha M. Wisely, Michael D. White, Michael Bodenchuck, Timothy J. Smyser, Yuriy Fofanov, Noah Fierer, Antoinette J. Piaggio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.3638