Rare and Hungry: Feeding Ecology of the Golden Alpine Salamander, an Endangered Amphibian in the Alps
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Taxon
2.2. Study Area
2.3. Sampling Predators
2.4. Prey Availability (Potential Trophic Niche)
2.5. Data Analysis
2.5.1. Potential and Realized Trophic Niche
2.5.2. Trophic Strategy and Selectivity
2.5.3. Comparison with Other Studies
2.5.4. Inter-Individual Diet Variation
3. Results
3.1. Potential and Realized Trophic Niche
3.2. Trophic Selectivity
3.3. Comparison with Other Studies
3.4. Inter-Individual Diet Variation
4. Discussion
4.1. Prey Availability and Realized Trophic Niche
4.2. Trophic Selectivity
4.3. Inter-Individual Diet Variation
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Simpson Diversity Index | 1-D (95% C.I.) | Taxa |
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Environmental availability | 0.44 (0.42–0.46) | 17 |
Stomach content | 0.88 (0.86–0.90) | 16 |
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Centomo, E.; Roner, L.; Salvatori, M.; Pedrini, P.; Romano, A. Rare and Hungry: Feeding Ecology of the Golden Alpine Salamander, an Endangered Amphibian in the Alps. Animals 2023, 13, 2135. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132135
Centomo E, Roner L, Salvatori M, Pedrini P, Romano A. Rare and Hungry: Feeding Ecology of the Golden Alpine Salamander, an Endangered Amphibian in the Alps. Animals. 2023; 13(13):2135. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132135
Chicago/Turabian StyleCentomo, Emma, Luca Roner, Marco Salvatori, Paolo Pedrini, and Antonio Romano. 2023. "Rare and Hungry: Feeding Ecology of the Golden Alpine Salamander, an Endangered Amphibian in the Alps" Animals 13, no. 13: 2135. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13132135