Isotope analysis combined with DNA barcoding provide new insights into the dietary niche of khulan in the Mongolian Gobi

• Martina Burnik Šturm ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Burnik Šturm, Steve Smith

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Current address: Institute of Analytical Chemistry, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Vienna, Austria

  Affiliation Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Steve Smith ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Martina Burnik Šturm, Steve Smith

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Konrad-Lorenz Institute of Ethology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Oyunsaikhan Ganbaatar,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area Administration, Takhin Tal, Gobi Altai Province, Mongolia, Department of Zoology, School of Biology and Biotechnology, National University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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• Bayarbaatar Buuveibaatar,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Mongolia Program, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

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• Boglarka Balint,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Great Gobi B Strictly Protected Area Administration, Takhin Tal, Gobi Altai Province, Mongolia

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• John C. Payne,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

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• Christian C. Voigt,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, Germany

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• Petra Kaczensky

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: petra.kaczensky@inn.no

  Current address: Department of Forestry and Wildlife Management, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences–INN, Evenstad, Norway

  Affiliations Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research–NINA, Trondheim, Norway

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5428-1176

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