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Allen H Hurlbert1,2, Aaron M Olsen3, Melissa M Sawyer4
1Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, USA. hurlbert@bio.unc.edu.
Abstract:
This data paper describes a compilation of 73,075 quantitative diet data records for 759 primarily North American bird species, providing standardized information not just on the diet itself, but on the context for that diet information including the year, season, location, and habitat type of each study. The methods used for collecting and cleaning these data are described, and we present tools for summarizing and visualizing diet information by bird species or prey.
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