The future of environmental DNA in ecology

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2031-2038

  Yoccoz, Nigel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

diet analysis; diversity; DNA metabarcoding; environmental DNA; food web interactions; next generation sequencing; statistical modelling

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGY; DIET; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DIET; DNA; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84859588806     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05505.x     Document Type: Article

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