Authors
Naiara Guimarães Sales, Maisie B McKenzie, Joseph Drake, Lynsey R Harper, Samuel S Browett, Ilaria Coscia, Owen S Wangensteen, Charles Baillie, Emma Bryce, Deborah A Dawson, Erinma Ochu, Bernd Hänfling, Lori Lawson Handley, Stefano Mariani, Xavier Lambin, Christopher Sutherland, Allan D McDevitt
Publication date
2020/4
Journal
Journal of Applied Ecology
Volume
57
Issue
4
Pages
707-716
Description
- Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionized biomonitoring in both marine and freshwater ecosystems. However, for semi‐aquatic and terrestrial animals, the application of this technique remains relatively untested.
- We first assess the efficiency of eDNA metabarcoding in detecting semi‐aquatic and terrestrial mammals in natural lotic ecosystems in the UK by comparing sequence data recovered from water and sediment samples to the mammalian communities expected from historical data. Secondly, using occupancy modelling we compared the detection efficiency of eDNA metabarcoding to multiple conventional non‐invasive survey methods (latrine surveys and camera trapping).
- eDNA metabarcoding detected a large proportion of the expected mammalian community within each area. Common species in the areas were detected at the majority of sites. Several key species of conservation …
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