Plant pathogenic microorganisms cause substantial yield losses in several economically
important crops, resulting in economic and social adversity. The spread of such plant …

Global biodiversity loss is unprecedented, and threats to existing biodiversity are growing.
Given pervasive global change, a major challenge facing resource managers is a lack of …

Biodiversity assessment is an important part of conservation management that ideally can
be accomplished with noninvasive methods without influencing the structure and functioning …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding methods have demonstrated their potential as
noninvasive techniques for the monitoring and conservation of marine fishes, including rare …

Anthropogenic activities are changing the state of ecosystems worldwide, affecting
community composition and often resulting in loss of biodiversity. Rivers are among the most …

Mixed community or environmental DNA marker gene sequencing has become a commonly
used technique for biodiversity analyses in freshwater systems. Many cytochrome c oxidase …

Biodiversity loss has accelerated over the past century and freshwater species overall are
among those experiencing greatest declines. Genetic resources have the potential to help …

Metabarcoding of DNA extracted from community samples of whole organisms (whole
organism community DNA, wocDNA) is increasingly being applied to terrestrial, marine and …

Non-destructive and cost-effective fish diversity monitoring approaches are needed for the
management and protection of estuarine ecosystems. Environmental DNA (eDNA) …

The Odonata are considered among the most endangered freshwater faunal taxa. Their
DNA‐based monitoring relies on validated reference data sets that are often lacking or do …