Comparing the accuracy of PCR-capillary electrophoresis and cuticle microhistological analysis for assessing diet composition in ungulates: A case study with Pyrenean chamois

• Johan Espunyes,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Ecology & Health Group (WE&H) and Servei d’Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS), Departament de Medicina i de Cirurgia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona UAB, Bellaterra, Spain

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• Carme Espunya,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Departament de Bioquímica i de Biologia Molecular, UAB, Bellaterra, Spain

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• Sara Chaves,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Wildlife Ecology & Health Group (WE&H) and Servei d’Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS), Departament de Medicina i de Cirurgia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona UAB, Bellaterra, Spain

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• Juan Antonio Calleja,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals (CREAF), Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain

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• Jordi Bartolomé,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Grup de Recerca en Remugants, Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments, UAB, Bellaterra, Spain

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• Emmanuel Serrano

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: emmanuel.serrano@uab.cat

  Affiliations Wildlife Ecology & Health Group (WE&H) and Servei d’Ecopatologia de Fauna Salvatge (SEFaS), Departament de Medicina i de Cirurgia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona UAB, Bellaterra, Spain, Dipartimento di Scienze Veterinarie, Universitá di Torino, Grugliasco, Torino, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9799-9804

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