Abundance estimation with DNA metabarcoding – recent advancements for terrestrial arthropods [PDF]
Metabarcoding and Metagenomics, 2023 Biodiversity is declining at alarming rates worldwide and large-scale monitoring is urgently needed to understand changes and their drivers. While classical taxonomic identification of species is time and labour intensive, the combination with DNA-based ...
Wiebke Sickel +4 more
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Metabarcoding dietary analysis in the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri and implications for conservation [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 In this study, we aim to uncover diet preferences for the insectivorous bat Nyctalus leisleri (Leisler's bat, the lesser noctule) and to provide recommendations for conservation of the species, based on the analysis of prey source habitats. Using a novel
Sarah Bourlat +8 more
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An illustrated catalogue of the type specimens of Lepidoptera housed in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH): Part II. superfamily Papilionoidea [PDF]
Evolutionary Systematics, 2021 We provide an updated catalogue of the type material of the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea deposited in the Zoological Museum of Hamburg (ZMH).
Reza Zahiri +7 more
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Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences are often found as byproducts in next‐generation sequencing (NGS) datasets that were originally created to capture genomic or transcriptomic information of an organism.
Marie V. Brasseur +3 more
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Molecular Weevil Identification Project: A thoroughly curated barcode release of 1300 Western Palearctic weevil species (Coleoptera, Curculionoidea) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data Journal, 2023 The Molecular Weevil Identification project (MWI) studies the systematics of Western Palearctic weevils (superfamily Curculionoidea) in an integrative taxonomic approach of DNA barcoding, morphology and ecology.
André Schütte +2 more
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The ASV Registry: a place for ASVs to be [PDF]
Metabarcoding and MetagenomicsDespite the effectiveness of DNA metabarcoding for gaining insights into biodiversity and environmental species composition, a centralised management and storage option including easy accessibility of already-published data is lacking.
Christian Bräunig +4 more
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Extracting specimen label data rapidly with a smartphone—a great help for simple digitization in taxonomy and collection management [PDF]
ZooKeysWe provide short tutorials in how to read out specimen label data from type- as well as handwritten labels in a rapid and easy way with a mobile phone. We apply them in general, but test them in particular for insect specimen labels, which are generally ...
Dirk Ahrens +3 more
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Integrative characterisation of the Northwestern European species of Anacharis Dalman, 1823 (Hymenoptera, Cynipoidea, Figitidae) with the description of three new species [PDF]
Journal of Hymenoptera ResearchThe genus Anacharis Dalman, 1823 comprises parasitoid wasps that target early instars of brown lacewing larvae (Neuroptera: Hemerobiidae). So far, five species were recognised from the Western Palaearctic region, of which four are reported from ...
Jonathan Vogel +10 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Occupancy modeling is an essential tool for understanding species‐habitat associations, thereby helping to plan the conservation of rare and threatened wildlife species.
Abadi Mehari Abrha +4 more
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Preserving morphology while extracting DNA: a non-destructive field-to-museum protocol for slide-mounted specimens [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalOur study aimed to develop an optimised laboratory protocol ensuring the preservation of morphological structures and extraction of high-quality DNA sequences from Psychodidae (Insecta, Diptera) specimens. With 310 analysed specimens, we investigated the
Santiago Jaume-Schinkel +5 more
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