Encompassing the breadth of biodiversity in biomonitoring programmes has been frustrated
by an inability to simultaneously identify large numbers of species accurately and in a timely …

In a rapidly changing world we need methods to efficiently assess biodiversity in order to
monitor ecosystem trends. Ecological monitoring often uses plant community composition to …

Diet analysis is a critical content of animal ecology and the diet analysis methods have been
constantly improving and updating. Contrary to traditional methods of high labor intensity …

Megafauna assemblages have declined or disappeared throughout much of the world, and
many efforts are underway to restore them. Understanding the trophic ecology of such …

Until now, the potential of NGS for the construction of barcode libraries or integrative
taxonomy has been seldom realised. Here, we amplified (two-step PCR) and simultaneously …

Given their positioning and biological productivity, estuaries have long represented key
providers of ecosystem services and consequently remain under remarkable pressure from …

Their relatively slow rates of molecular evolution, as well as frequent exposure to
hybridization and introgression, often make it difficult to discriminate species of vascular …

Understanding the diet of an endangered species illuminates the animal's ecology, habitat
requirements, and conservation needs. However, direct observation of diet can be difficult …

Biological invasions exert multiple pervasive effects on ecosystems, potentially disrupting
species interactions and global ecological processes. Our ability to successfully predict and …

Insect microbial symbioses play a critical role in insect lifecycle, and insect gut microbiome
could be influenced by many factors. Studies have shown that host diet and taxonomy have …