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We collected fecal samples from three sympatric species of Sceloporus lizards, S. jarrovii, S. slevini, and S. virgatus, from the Madrean Sky Islands of Arizona to document diet composition and assess
Since the early 1990s, aerial insectivorous birds have shown serious population declines in North America, but it is not clear if factors common to all species within this guild account for these decl
Animals evolved in a microbial world, and their gut microbial symbionts have played a role in their ecological diversification. While many recent studies have reported patterns of co-diversification o