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Table 1 Percentage of prey orders encountered within M.nattereri faecal pellets

From: Second generation sequencing and morphological faecal analysis reveal unexpected foraging behaviour by Myotis nattereri (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae) in winter

  Order

Morphological

Molecular

 

% O

% F

% O†

% F†

Araneae

59.7

28.2

56.5

17.9

Isopoda

32.3

15.3

90.3

28.7

Lepidoptera

88.7

42.0

98.5

31.3

Hymenoptera

1.6

0.7

3.2

1.0

Hemiptera

1.6

0.8

-

-

Coleoptera

3.2

1.5

14.5

4.6

Diptera

24.2

11.5

51.6

16.4

  1. Percentage occurrence (%O) of prey orders in M. nattereri faecal pellets gathered in Greywell tunnel during winters (December-March) 2009–10 and 2010–11. Also shown are the proportions (%F) of prey orders in the diet. † OTUs identified to species using BOLD then assigned to individual pellets.
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Frontiers in Zoology

ISSN: 1742-9994