Conservation and management of isolated pools in temporary rivers

N Bonada, M Cañedo-Argüelles, F Gallart… - Water, 2020 - mdpi.com
Temporary rivers are characterized by shifting habitats between flowing, isolated pools, and
dry phases. Despite the fact that temporary rivers are currently receiving increasing attention …

The Ecology and Evolution of Beavers: Ecosystem Engineers That Ameliorate Climate Change

E Fairfax, C Westbrook - Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Beavers, Castor canadensis in North America and Castor fiber in Eurasia, are widely
referred to as nature's engineers due to their ability to rapidly transform diverse landscapes …

[HTML][HTML] Airborne environmental DNA for terrestrial vertebrate community monitoring

C Lynggaard, MF Bertelsen, CV Jensen, MS Johnson… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Biodiversity monitoring at the community scale is a critical element of assessing and
studying species distributions, ecology, diversity, and movements, and it is key to …

Quantitative monitoring of diverse fish communities on a large scale combining eDNA metabarcoding and qPCR

D Pont, P Meulenbroek, V Bammer… - Molecular Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is an effective method for studying fish
communities but allows only an estimation of relative species abundance (density/biomass) …

Fishing for mammals: Landscape‐level monitoring of terrestrial and semi‐aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems

NG Sales, MB McKenzie, J Drake… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has revolutionized biomonitoring in both marine
and freshwater ecosystems. However, for semi‐aquatic and terrestrial animals, the …

Moving eDNA surveys onto land: Strategies for active eDNA aggregation to detect invasive forest insects

RE Valentin, DM Fonseca, S Gable… - Molecular Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) surveys to monitor terrestrial species has been
relatively limited, with successful implementations still confined to sampling DNA from …

Answers blowing in the wind: Detection of birds, mammals, and amphibians with airborne environmental DNA in a natural environment over a yearlong survey

MD Johnson, MA Barnes, NR Garrett… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Analysis of environmental DNA (eDNA) from passively collected airborne dust has
demonstrated broad success for sensitive and robust detection of plants. Recent …

Environmental DNA metabarcoding as a useful tool for evaluating terrestrial mammal diversity in tropical forests

JL Mena, H Yagui, V Tejeda, E Bonifaz… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Innovative techniques, such as environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding, are now
promoting broader biodiversity monitoring at unprecedented scales, because of the …

eDNA metabarcoding for biodiversity assessment, generalist predators as sampling assistants

L Nørgaard, CR Olesen, K Trøjelsgaard, C Pertoldi… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
With an accelerating negative impact of anthropogenic actions on natural ecosystems, non-
invasive biodiversity assessments are becoming increasingly crucial. As a consequence, the …

The state, transport, and fate of aboveground terrestrial arthropod eDNA

RE Valentin, KE Kyle, MC Allen… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analyses have become invaluable for detecting and monitoring
aquatic and terrestrial species and assessing site biodiversity within aquatic environments …