Current status and topical issues on the use of eDNA-based targeted detection of rare animal species

S Duarte, L Simões, FO Costa - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Animal detection through DNA present in environmental samples (eDNA) is a valuable tool
for detecting rare species, that are difficult to observe and monitor. eDNA-based tools are …

Environmental RNA can distinguish life stages in amphibian populations

MB Parsley, CS Goldberg - Molecular Ecology Resources, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis methods for biomonitoring have grown
exponentially over the last decade and provide a wealth of new information on the …

Framework for multi-stressor physiological response evaluation in amphibian risk assessment and conservation

JA Awkerman, DA Glinski, WM Henderson… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Controlled laboratory experiments are often performed on amphibians to establish causality
between stressor presence and an adverse outcome. However, in the field, identification of …

Wildlife population assessment: changing priorities driven by technological advances

ST Buckland, DL Borchers, TA Marques… - Journal of Statistical …, 2023 - Springer
Advances in technology are having a large effect on the priorities for innovation in statistical
ecology. Collaborations between statisticians and ecologists have always been important in …

Comparative analysis of amphibian genomes: an emerging resource for basic and applied research

TA Kosch, AJ Crawford… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Amphibians are the most threatened group of vertebrates and are in dire need of
conservation intervention to ensure their continued survival. They exhibit unique features …

Environmental DNA concentrations vary greatly across productive and degradative conditions, with implications for the precision of population estimates

MB Parsley, EJ Crespi, TAG Rittenhouse, JL Brunner… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Population size is an important metric to inform the conservation and management of
species. For aquatic species, environmental DNA (eDNA) concentration has been …

Land use characteristics affect the sub-basinal scale urban fish community identified by environmental DNA metabarcoding

Y Kang, W Shin, Y Kim, Y Song - Landscape and Ecological Engineering, 2024 - Springer
The heterogeneity of urban landscapes has effects on the environmental characteristics and
fish composition of individual urban streams, even within a single water system. It is …

From roads to biobanks: Roadkill animals as a valuable source of genetic data

MA Coba-Males, P Medrano-Vizcaíno, S Enríquez… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
To protect biodiversity we must understand its structure and composition including the
bacteria and microparasites associated with wildlife, which may pose risks to human health …

[PDF][PDF] The history, ecology, and reintroduction of the chequered skipper butterfly Carterocephalus palaemon in England

JP Wildman - Unpublished PhD University of Northampton, 2023 - researchgate.net
Over 41% of global insect species have declined over the past decade, compared with 22%
of vertebrate species. For Lepidoptera, 53% of species are declining and 34% are …

Environmental DNA survey does not detect additional populations of a critically endangered leaf frog, but reveal another threat to the species

JR Ernetti, CM Lopes, LP Ribeiro… - Journal for Nature …, 2024 - Elsevier
Environmental DNA (eDNA) is a non-invasive approach that uses DNA traces left by
organisms in the environment. It is being widely explored in ecological studies to describe …