[HTML][HTML] Past, present, and future perspectives of environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding: A systematic review in methods, monitoring, and applications of global …

KM Ruppert, RJ Kline, MS Rahman - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2019 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a novel method of assessing biodiversity
wherein samples are taken from the environment via water, sediment or air from which DNA …

Environmental DNA metabarcoding: Transforming how we survey animal and plant communities

K Deiner, HM Bik, E Mächler, M Seymour… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The genomic revolution has fundamentally changed how we survey biodiversity on earth.
High‐throughput sequencing (“HTS”) platforms now enable the rapid sequencing of DNA …

Gut bacteria mediate aggregation in the German cockroach

A Wada-Katsumata, L Zurek… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Aggregation of the German cockroach, Blattella germanica, is regulated by fecal
aggregation agents (pheromones), including volatile carboxylic acids (VCAs). We …

Predation in the marine fossil record: studies, data, recognition, environmental factors, and behavior

AA Klompmaker, PH Kelley, D Chattopadhyay… - Earth-science …, 2019 - Elsevier
The fossil record is the primary source of data used to study predator-prey interactions in
deep time and to evaluate key questions regarding the evolutionary and ecological …

Using palaeoenvironmental DNA to reconstruct past environments: progress and prospects

NJ Rawlence, DJ Lowe, JR Wood… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Palaeoenvironmental DNA (PalEnDNA) is defined as ancient DNA (aDNA) originating from
disseminated genetic material within palaeoenvironmental samples. Sources of PalEnDNA …

Impacts of introduced mammalian predators on New Zealand's alpine fauna

CFJ O'Donnell, KA Weston, JM Monks - New Zealand Journal of Ecology, 2017 - JSTOR
Alpine zones are threatened globally by invasive species, hunting, and habitat loss caused
by fire, anthropogenic development and climate change. These global threats are pertinent …

Coprolites reveal ecological interactions lost with the extinction of New Zealand birds

AP Boast, LS Weyrich, JR Wood… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Over the past 50,000 y, biotic extinctions and declines have left a legacy of vacant niches
and broken ecological interactions across global terrestrial ecosystems. Reconstructing the …

Multiscale climate change impacts on plant diversity in the Atacama Desert

FP Díaz, C Latorre, G Carrasco‐Puga… - Global Change …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Comprehending ecological dynamics requires not only knowledge of modern communities
but also detailed reconstructions of ecosystem history. Ancient DNA (aDNA) metabarcoding …

Microbiota and food residues including possible evidence of pre-mammalian hair in Upper Permian coprolites from Russia

P Bajdek, M Qvarnström, K Owocki, T Sulej… - Lethaia, 2016 - idunn.no
Coprolites (fossil faeces) provide direct evidence on the diet of its producer and unique
insights on ancient food webs and ecosystems. We describe the contents of seven …

How have studies of ancient DNA from sediments contributed to the reconstruction of Quaternary floras?

HJB Birks, HH Birks - New Phytologist, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Ancient DNA (aDNA) from lake sediments, peats, permafrost soils, preserved megafaunal
gut contents and coprolites has been used to reconstruct late‐Quaternary floras. aDNA is …