Comparing the effectiveness of metagenomics and metabarcoding for diet analysis of a leaf-feeding monkey (Pygathrix nemaeus)

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 250-261

  Srivathsan, Amrita ^a,b   Sha, John C M ^c   Vogler, Alfried P ^b,d   Meier, Rudolf ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Wildlife Reserves Singapore   (Singapore)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colobines; Environmental DNA; Faeces; Shotgun sequencing

Indexed keywords

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PYGATHRIX NEMAEUS;

PLANT DNA;

ANIMAL; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DNA BARCODING; DNA SEQUENCE; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECIDAE; DIET; DNA BARCODING, TAXONOMIC; DNA, PLANT; FECES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLANTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84922598627     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12302     Document Type: Article

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