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. 2013 Sep 19;3(12):4057–4069. doi: 10.1002/ece3.773

Table 2.

List of the lowest taxonomic levels in the diet of the red-headed wood pigeon and its presence in DNA barcoding and microhistological analysis

Food items Native/Introduced N reads FS (%) FO (%) DNA barcoding FO (%) microhistology
Plants
Morus australis Introduced 11,810 36.58 95.83 0.00
 Gr. Lauraceae1 Native 11,280 34.94 70.83 59.57
 Gr. Ficus1 Native/Introduced 3902 12.08 93.75 4.00
Fagara boninsimae Native 1328 4.11 33.33 31.91
 Gr. Poaceae2 Introduced 922 2.86 66.67 0.00
Ligustrum micranthum Native 514 1.59 6.25 0.00
Leucaena glauca Introduced 335 1.04 12.50 0.00
Sambucus javanica Introduced 297 0.92 20.83 0.00
Carex hattoriana Native 231 0.72 2.08 0.00
Ardisia sieboldii Native 226 0.70 18.75 0.00
Trema orientalis Native 212 0.66 4.17 0.00
 Gr. Planchonella1 Native 158 0.49 12.50 12.77
 Poaceae Introduced 115 0.36 31.25 0.00
 Moraceae Native/Introduced 114 0.35 14.58 0.00
 Gr. Palmae2 Native/Introduced 90 0.28 31.25 0.00
Elaeocarpus photiniifolius Native 87 0.27 10.42 2.00
Lantana camara Introduced 77 0.24 18.75 6.38
Buxus liukiuensis Introduced 72 0.22 6.25 0.00
Rhaphiolepis wrightiana Native 67 0.21 8.33 0.00
Solanum nigrum Introduced 63 0.20 2.08 0.00
Juniperus taxifolia Native 62 0.19 4.17 0.00
Calaphyllum inophyllum Native 51 0.16 10.42 0.00
Sonchus oleraceus Introduced 43 0.13 4.17 0.00
Schima mertensiana Native 41 0.13 10.42 0.00
Eurya boninensis Native 23 0.07 6.25 0.00
Celtis boninensis Native 21 0.07 10.42 0.00
Derris elliptica Introduced 20 0.06 6.25 0.00
Hedyotis grayi Native 18 0.06 2.08 0.00
 Rutaceae Native 17 0.05 4.17 0.00
Paederia scandens Introduced 13 0.04 4.17 0.00
Livistona chinensis Native 10 0.03 4.17 2.00
 Gr. Myrtaceae1 Native/Introduced 10 0.03 2.08 0.00
Scaevola sericea Native 9 0.03 4.17 0.00
Carica papaya Native 9 0.03 2.08 0.00
Pinus luchuensis Introduced 7 0.02 2.08 0.00
Terminalia catappa Native 7 0.02 2.08 0.00
Osmanthus insularis Native 6 0.02 4.17 0.00
Pennisetum purpureum Introduced 5 0.02 2.08 0.00
Drypetes integerrima Native 4 0.01 2.08 0.00
Elaeagnus rotundata Native 4 0.01 2.08 0.00
Melastoma tetramerum Native 4 0.01 2.08 0.00
Paspalum conjugatum Introduced 4 0.01 2.08 0.00
Distylium lepidotum Native 0 0.00 0.00 2.00
Wikstroemia pseudoretusa Native 0 0.00 0.00 2.00
Animals
 Plumonata Native/Introduced 0.15
 Arthropoda Native/Introduced 0.02