Metabarcoding of Fecal Samples to Determine Herbivore Diets: A Case Study of the Endangered Pacific Pocket Mouse

• Deborah D. Iwanowicz ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Deborah D. Iwanowicz, Amy G. Vandergast, Robert S. Cornman

  * E-mail: diwanowicz@usgs.gov

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9613-8594

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• Amy G. Vandergast ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Deborah D. Iwanowicz, Amy G. Vandergast, Robert S. Cornman

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Robert S. Cornman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Deborah D. Iwanowicz, Amy G. Vandergast, Robert S. Cornman

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Fort Collins Science Center, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America

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• Cynthia R. Adams ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Leetown Science Center, Kearneysville, West Virginia, United States of America

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• Joshua R. Kohn ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation University of California San Diego, Division of Biological Sciences, La Jolla, California, United States of America

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• Robert N. Fisher ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

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• Cheryl S. Brehme

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation U.S. Geological Survey, Western Ecological Research Center, San Diego, California, United States of America

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