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How quantitative is metabarcoding: a meta-analytical approach [PDF]

, 2019
Metabarcoding has been used in a range of ecological applications such as taxonomic assignment, dietary analysis, and the analysis of environmental DNA. However, after a decade of use in these applications there is little consensus on the extent to which
Creer, Simon, Davies, Richard G., Hunter, Ewan, Lamb, Philip D., Pinnegar, John K., Taylor, Martin I.   +5 more
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Faecal metabarcoding provides improved detection and taxonomic resolution for non-invasive monitoring of gastrointestinal nematode parasites in wild moose populations

Parasites & Vectors, 2023
Background Although wild ungulate populations are heavily monitored throughout Europe, we understand little of how parasites affect population dynamics, and there is no systematic, long-term monitoring of parasite diversity and parasite loads.
Marie L. Davey, Stefaniya Kamenova, Frode Fossøy, Erling J. Solberg, Rebecca Davidson, Atle Mysterud, Christer M. Rolandsen   +6 more
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Protecting an Ecosystem Service: Approaches to Understanding and Mitigating Threats to Wild Insect Pollinators [PDF]

, 2016
Insect pollination constitutes an ecosystem service of global importance, providing significant economic and aesthetic benefits as well as cultural value to human society, alongside vital ecological processes in terrestrial ecosystems.
Arce, AN, Baldock, KCR, Boatman, ND, Brand-Hardy, R, Breeze, TD, Brown, MJF, Cresswell, JE, Dicks, LV, Fountain, MT, Garratt, MPD, Gill, RJ, Gough, LA, Green, M, Hartfield, CM, Heard, MS, Holland, JM, O'Connor, RS, Ollerton, J, Osborne, JL, Phillips, J, Potts, SG, Stone, GN, Sutton, PB, Tang, CQ, Vanbergen, AJ, Vogler, AP, Woodward, G   +26 more
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Inferring functional diversity from environmental DNA metabarcoding

Environmental DNA, 2023
AbstractEnvironmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a reliable method to assess taxonomic diversity, but the incompleteness of genetic reference databases prevents the assignation of many sequences to a given species. Functional diversity (FD) is a key biodiversity facet to monitor, but it requires the identification of all species within communities to ...
Condachou, Céline, Milhau, Tristan, Murienne, Jérôme, Brosse, Sébastien, Villéger, Sébastien, Valentini, Alice, Dejean, Tony, Mouillot, David   +7 more
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Focal vs. fecal: Seasonal variation in the diet of wild vervet monkeys from observational and DNA metabarcoding data

Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Assessing the diet of wild animals reveals valuable information about their ecology and trophic relationships that may help elucidate dynamic interactions in ecosystems and forecast responses to environmental changes.
Loïc Brun, Judith Schneider, Eduard Mas Carrió, Pooja Dongre, Pierre Taberlet, Erica van de Waal, Luca Fumagalli   +6 more
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Effects of consumer surface sterilization on diet DNA metabarcoding data of terrestrial invertebrates in natural environments and feeding trials

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
DNA metabarcoding is an emerging tool used to quantify diet in environments and consumer groups where traditional approaches are unviable, including small‐bodied invertebrate taxa.
Ana Miller‐ter Kuile, Austen Apigo, Hillary S. Young   +2 more
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Determining diet from faeces: Selection of metabarcoding primers for the insectivore Pyrenean desman ( Galemys pyrenaicus ) [PDF]

, 2018
Molecular techniques allow non-invasive dietary studies from faeces, providing an invaluable tool to unveil ecological requirements of endangered or elusive species.
Aiartza Azurtza, José Ramón, Arrizabalaga Escudero, Aitor, Elosegi Irurtia, Arturo, Esnaola Illarreta, Amaiur, González Esteban, Jorge   +4 more
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DNA metabarcoding reveals greater plant diversity than morphological seed analysis of bird feces

Applications in Plant Sciences
Premise Fruit‐eating birds drive seed dispersal in recovering tropical ecosystems, shaping forest regeneration. Molecular techniques, such as DNA metabarcoding, enable diet analysis from feces and can provide complementary frugivory data where dispersal ...
Carina I. Motta, Bruno H. Saranholi, Vinicius Marciano De Godoy, Marina Corrêa Côrtes   +3 more
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DNA metabarcoding adds valuable information for management of biodiversity in roadside stormwater ponds

Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Stormwater ponds are used to compensate for the adverse effects that road runoff might have on the natural environment. Depending on their design and placement, stormwater ponds can act as both refugia and traps for local biodiversity.
Zhenhua Sun, Markus Majaneva, Ekaterina Sokolova, Sebastien Rauch, Sondre Meland, Torbjørn Ekrem   +5 more
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Evaluating the potential of DNA metabarcoding for ecological status assessment under the Water Framework Directive: A case study on benthic invertebrates from Western Carpathian streams [PDF]

Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
Routine biomonitoring under the Water Framework Directive (WFD) follows a conventional methodology primarily based on the morphological identification of taxa within the five biological quality elements (phytoplankton, phytobenthos, macrozoobenthos ...
Michaela Šamulková, Pavel Beracko, Patrik Macko, Ondrej Vargovčík, Kornélia Tuhrinová, Zuzana Čiamporová-Zaťovičová, Margita Lešťáková, Emília Mišíková Elexová, Fedor Čiampor Jr   +8 more
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