Upscaling biodiversity monitoring: Metabarcoding estimates 31,846 insect species from Malaise traps across Germany
D. Buchner, J. Sinclair, M. Ayasse, A. J. Beermann, J. Buse, F. Dziock, J. Enss, M. Frenzel, T. P. B. Hoerren, Y. Li, M. T. Monaghan, C. Morkel, J. Mueller, S. U. Pauls, R. Richter, , F. Leese
The paper demonstrates a cost-effective DNA metabarcoding workflow for large-scale insect biodiversity monitoring, estimating 31,846 species from Malaise trap samples across Germany.
bioRxiv · May 4, 2023Ecology