The future of environmental DNA in ecology

The future of environmental DNA in ecology

The contributions of environmental DNA to ecology are reviewed, focusing on diet, trophic interactions, species distributions and biodiversity assessment. Environmental DNA has the potential to dramatically improve quantitative studies in these fields. Achieving this, however, will require large inv...

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Veröffentlicht in:Molecular ecology 2012-04, Vol.21 (8), p.2031-2038
1. Verfasser: YOCCOZ, NIGEL G.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Biodiversity
Computational Biology - methods
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Diet
diet analysis
diversity
DNA
DNA - analysis
DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic - methods
DNA metabarcoding
Ecology
Ecology - methods
Environment
environmental DNA
Food Chain
food web interactions
Humans
next-generation sequencing
Sequence Analysis, DNA
statistical modelling
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Zusammenfassung:The contributions of environmental DNA to ecology are reviewed, focusing on diet, trophic interactions, species distributions and biodiversity assessment. Environmental DNA has the potential to dramatically improve quantitative studies in these fields. Achieving this, however, will require large investments of time and money into developing the relevant databases, models, and software.
ISSN:0962-1083
1365-294X
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05505.x