Environmental DNA - An emerging tool in conservation for monitoring past and present biodiversity

Biological Conservation

Volumn 183, Issue , 2015, Pages 4-18

  Thomsen, Philip Francis ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; DNA metabarcoding; EDNA; Environmental DNA; Extinction; Monitoring

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETIC MARKER; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 85028163034     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.019     Document Type: Review

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