Assessing the potential of environmental DNA metabarcoding for monitoring Neotropical mammals: a case study in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, Brazil
N. Guimaraes Sales, M. da Cruz Kaizer, I. Coscia, J. Perkins, A. Highlands, J. Boubli, W. E. Magnusson, M. Nazareth Ferreira da Silva, C. Benvenuto, A. McDevitt
This study uses eDNA metabarcoding to assess mammalian communities in the Amazon and Atlantic Forest, finding agreement with camera trapping in the Atlantic Forest and highlighting the potential and challenges of eDNA monitoring for mammals.
bioRxiv · Aug 31, 2019Ecology