Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in ecology and conservation: opportunities, challenges and prospects

KC Beng, RT Corlett - Biodiversity and conservation, 2020 - Springer
Conserving biodiversity in the face of ever-increasing human pressure is hampered by our
lack of basic information on species occurrence, distribution, abundance, habitat …

[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 …

Unambiguous identification of fungi: where do we stand and how accurate and precise is fungal DNA barcoding?

R Lücking, MC Aime, B Robbertse, AN Miller… - IMA fungus, 2020 - Springer
True fungi (Fungi) and fungus-like organisms (eg Mycetozoa, Oomycota) constitute the
second largest group of organisms based on global richness estimates, with around 3 …

Late Quaternary dynamics of Arctic biota from ancient environmental genomics

Y Wang, MW Pedersen, IG Alsos, B De Sanctis… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
During the last glacial–interglacial cycle, Arctic biotas experienced substantial climatic
changes, yet the nature, extent and rate of their responses are not fully understood …

[图书][B] Environmental DNA: For biodiversity research and monitoring

P Taberlet, A Bonin, L Zinger, E Coissac - 2018 - books.google.com
Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to DNA that can be extracted from environmental
samples (such as soil, water, feces, or air) without the prior isolation of any target organism …

Lake sedimentary DNA research on past terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity: Overview and recommendations

E Capo, C Giguet-Covex, A Rouillard, K Nota… - Quaternary, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

Scrutinizing key steps for reliable metabarcoding of environmental samples

A Alberdi, O Aizpurua, MTP Gilbert… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Metabarcoding of environmental samples has many challenges and limitations that require
carefully considered laboratory and analysis workflows to ensure reliable results. We …

Ecosystem biomonitoring with eDNA: metabarcoding across the tree of life in a tropical marine environment

M Stat, MJ Huggett, R Bernasconi, JD DiBattista… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Effective marine management requires comprehensive data on the status of marine
biodiversity. However, efficient methods that can document biodiversity in our oceans are …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental DNA–An emerging tool in conservation for monitoring past and present biodiversity

PF Thomsen, E Willerslev - Biological conservation, 2015 - Elsevier
The continuous decline in Earth's biodiversity represents a major crisis and challenge for the
21st century, and there is international political agreement to slow down or halt this decline …

Environmental DNA for wildlife biology and biodiversity monitoring

K Bohmann, A Evans, MTP Gilbert, GR Carvalho… - Trends in ecology & …, 2014 - cell.com
Extraction and identification of DNA from an environmental sample has proven noteworthy
recently in detecting and monitoring not only common species, but also those that are …