A Biodiversity Composition Map of California Derived from Environmental DNA Metabarcoding and Earth Observation
M. Lin, A. L. Simons, E. E. Curd, R. J. Harrigan, F. D. Schneider, D. V. Ruiz-Ramos, Z. Gold, M. G. Osborne, S. Shirazi, T. M. Schweizer, T. N. Moore, E. A. Fox, R. Turba, A. E. Garcia-Vedrenne, S. K. Helman, , R. S. Meyer
The paper integrates environmental DNA and Earth observation to create a biodiversity map of California, showing strong community-environment correlations and environmental filtering effects.
bioRxiv · Jun 19, 2020Ecology