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Comparison of Metabarcoding Techniques for Dietary Assessment in Herbivores and Omnivores [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
Dietary assessment plays a crucial role in comprehending the ecological dynamics and nutritional needs of herbivores and omnivores. The metabarcoding technique has emerged as a potent tool for exploring the dietary composition of these animals.
Hartini Sariyati Nur, Haris Hidayah, Farhana Ramli Farah, Firdaus Sufahani Suliadi, Munir Md-Zain Badrul, Yaakop Salmah, Mohd-Ridwan Abd Rahman, Rahman Aifat Nor, Mohamed Mohd Sanusi, Maryanto Ibnu, Abu Bakar Abdul-Latiff Muhammad   +10 more
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Benchmarking DNA Metabarcoding for Biodiversity-Based Monitoring and Assessment [PDF]

, 2016
Characterization of biodiversity has been extensively used to confidently monitor and assess environmental status. Yet, visual morphology, traditionally and widely used for species identification in coastal and marine ecosystem communities, is tedious ...
Borja, Ángel, Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, Naiara, Ángel Borja, Irigoien, Xabier, Naiara Rodríguez-Ezpeleta, Aylagas, Eva, Eva Aylagas, Xabier Irigoien   +7 more
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Biology, ecology, and conservation of the Italian hare Lepus corsicanus: a review

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The Italian hare Lepus corsicanus, an endemic lagomorph of Italy, serves as a critical case study in evolutionary biology and conservation. Once taxonomically debated, modern genetic and morphological analyses confirm its status as a distinct Pleistocene lineage restricted to the central‐southern Italian Peninsula and Sicily.
Pierangelo Freschi, Valter Trocchi
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Comparative analysis of eDNA metabarcoding and eDNA metagenomics for fish biodiversity estimates using standard and novel filtration methods [PDF]

Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
Molecular techniques involving environmental DNA (eDNA) are increasingly used for aquatic species detection. Metabarcoding, a widely adopted technique, suffers from primer bias: uneven amplification of species due to primer mismatches. Primer bias can be
Daniël van Berkel, Niels W. P. Brevé, Mark de Boer, Emmanuel G. Reynaud, Reindert Nijland   +4 more
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Efficacy of metabarcoding for identification of fish eggs evaluated with mock communities

Ecology and Evolution, 2020
There is urgent need for effective and efficient monitoring of marine fish populations. Monitoring eggs and larval fish may be more informative than that traditional fish surveys since ichthyoplankton surveys reveal the reproductive activities of fish ...
Elena M. Duke, Ronald S. Burton
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Identifying archived insect bulk samples using DNA metabarcoding: A case study using the long-term Rothamsted Insect Survey [PDF]

Insect populations are declining in many parts of the world, but a lack of long-term monitoring data is impeding our ability to understand and mitigate the causes of insect biodiversity loss.
Petsopoulos, D., Evans, D. M., Boonham, N., Bell, J. R., Collins, L., Morales‐Hojas, Ramiro, Cuff, J. P., Kitson, James J. N., Cuff, Jordan P., Evans, Darren M., Kitson, J. J. N., Collins, Larissa, Morales-Hojas, R., Petsopoulos, Dimitrios, Bell, James R., Boonham, Neil   +15 more
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Bridging the divide between models of animal‐driven and microbial‐driven biogeochemical cycling: A zoogeochemistry‐informed framework

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Most current terrestrial biogeochemical models formalize biogeochemical cycling as predominantly controlled by processes involving plants and soil microbes. However, growing evidence indicates that above‐ground animals could exert controlling feedback effects that alter
Janey R. Lienau, Nathalie R. Sommer, Oswald J. Schmitz   +2 more
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Metabarcoding of soil nematodes: the importance of taxonomiccoverage and availability of reference sequences in choosingsuitable marker(s) [PDF]

, 2019
For many organisms, there is agreement on the specific genomic region used for developing barcode markers. With nematodes, however, it has been found that the COI region designated for most animals lacks the taxonomic coverage (ability to amplify a ...
Sapp,Melanie, Karssen,Gerrit, Sapp, Melanie, Back, Matthew,, Lawson, Rebecca, Back, Matthew, Back,Matthew, Thomas Prior, Rebecca Lawson, Ahmed,Mohammed, Ahmed, Mohammed, Adams,Ian, Back, Matthew Alan, Sapp, Melanie,, Mohammed Ahmed, Ian Adams, Ahmed, Mohammed,, Karssen, Gerrit, Lawson,Rebecca, Prior,Thomas, Karssen, Gerrit,, Lawson, Rebecca,, Gerrit Karssen, Adams, Ian, Prior, Thomas, Melanie Sapp, Prior, Thomas,, Adams, Ian,, Matthew Alan Back   +28 more
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Impact of harvest intensity on ectomycorrhizal and saprotrophic fungal communities in forest soils

Functional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract Low‐intensity tree harvesting has been proposed as a sustainable forest management practice to balance and preserve forest productivity, carbon storage and resilience to climate extremes. Soil fungi play a central role in driving tree performance and soil carbon storage,
Steven P. C. de Goede, S. Emilia Hannula, Renske ter Haar, Frank J. Sterck, Wim H. van der Putten, G. F. (Ciska) Veen   +5 more
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Pollinator community composition and pollen resource use in calcareous grasslands under different landscape contexts across Europe

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
In this paper, we show that pronounced differences in pollinator communities exist between grasslands embedded in contrasting agricultural landscape contexts. Opportunistic foraging strategies of most pollinators resulted in large interaction turnover, but these shifts did not translate into major changes in overall network structure, most likely as a ...
Olivia Bernhardsson, Epp Valdaru, Tsipe Aavik, Lucie M. Baltz, Tomáš Dostálek, L. Marie Ende, Khalil Jegham, Marianne Kivastik, Zuzana Münzbergová, Hana Pánková, Jan Plue, Patrycja Pluta, Iris Reinula, Virve Sõber, Panagiotis Theodorou, Sabrina Träger, Mari‐Liis Viljur, Hans Jacquemyn   +17 more
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