Conserving biodiversity in the face of ever-increasing human pressure is hampered by our
lack of basic information on species occurrence, distribution, abundance, habitat …

The use of lake sedimentary DNA to track the long-term changes in both terrestrial and
aquatic biota is a rapidly advancing field in paleoecological research. Although largely …

This book represents a synthesis of knowledge and best practice in the field of DNA-based
biomonitoring at the time of writing. It has been written with end-users of molecular tools in …

What drives ecosystem buildup, diversity, and stability? We assess species arrival and
ecosystem changes across 16 millennia by combining regional-scale plant sedimentary …

With the growing anthropogenic pressure on marine ecosystems, the need for efficient
monitoring of biodiversity grows stronger. DNA metabarcoding of bulk samples is …

Trap-based surveillance strategies are widely used for monitoring of invasive insect species,
aiming to detect newly arrived exotic taxa as well as track the population levels of …

Fungal communities associated with plants and soil influence plant fitness and ecosystem
functioning. They are frequently studied by metabarcoding approaches targeting the …

Metabarcoding can rapidly determine the species composition of bulk samples and thus
aids biodiversity and ecosystem assessment. However, it is essential to use primer sets that …

1. DNA metabarcoding is a cost‐effective species identification approach with great potential
to assist entomological ecologists. This review presents a practical guide to help …

The temporal and spatial coarseness of megafaunal fossil records complicates attempts to to
disentangle the relative impacts of climate change, ecosystem restructuring, and human …