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Article Dans Une Revue (Article De Synthèse) Environmental DNA Année : 2024

The role of cultivated versus wild seeds in the diet of European turtle doves ( Streptopelia turtur ) across European breeding and African wintering grounds

Rebecca Young
Jenny Dunn
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Ian Vaughan
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John Mallord
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Lorna Drake
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Chris Orsman
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Moussa Ka
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Mamadou Diallo
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Malang Sarr
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Cyril Eraud
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Orsolya Kiss
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Angela Marchbank
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William Symondson
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Abstract Agricultural intensification is a major driver in species declines, with changes in land use resulting in widespread alteration of resource availability. An increase in anthropogenic food resources, alongside decreasing natural resources, has resulted in species undergoing dietary changes that can have important ecological consequences, particularly for declining species. Here we use high‐throughput sequencing to analyze the diet of the migrant European turtle dove ( Streptopelia turtur ), a species that has experienced significant population decline throughout its European range. We analyze the diet of this species on both breeding and wintering grounds to gain an understanding of resource use throughout the annual cycle and compare areas of more and less intensive agriculture in western and eastern Europe, respectively. We examine associations with body condition, spatiotemporal variation and the source of food (wild or cultivated). We identified 121 taxonomic units in the diet, with significant variation across sampling seasons, and very little overlap between the breeding and wintering seasons, as well as high levels of cultivated food resources in the diet of turtle doves in both breeding and wintering grounds, with the highest proportion of wild seeds in the diet occurring in birds caught in Hungary, where agricultural intensity was lowest. We detected no association between body condition and the consumption of cultivated food resources. We demonstrate the importance of wild resources in birds on the wintering grounds as they approach migration, where body condition increased as the season progressed, concurrent with an increased consumption of wild seeds. These findings indicate the importance of habitats rich in wild seeds and the need to consider food availability on the wintering grounds, as well as the breeding grounds in turtle dove conservation strategies.
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hal-04561021 , version 1 (26-04-2024)

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Rebecca Young, Jenny Dunn, Ian Vaughan, John Mallord, Lorna Drake, et al.. The role of cultivated versus wild seeds in the diet of European turtle doves ( Streptopelia turtur ) across European breeding and African wintering grounds. Environmental DNA, 2024, 6 (2), ⟨10.1002/edn3.539⟩. ⟨hal-04561021⟩

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