How will the 'molecular revolution' contribute to biological recording?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 750-766

  Lawson Handley, Lori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity monitoring; Citizen science; DNA barcoding; eDNA; Environmental DNA; Invasive species; Metabarcoding; Molecular food webs; Trophic interactions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIOASSAY; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC RESOURCE; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; RECORD; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

EID: 84931077177     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12516     Document Type: Article

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