Environmental DNA is more effective than hand sorting in evaluating earthworm biodiversity recovery under regenerative agriculture
J. Llanos, H. Hipperson, G. Horsburgh, M. Lappage, K. Maher, T. Burke, J. R. Leake, P. Watt
This study compares environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding with hand-sorting to evaluate earthworm biodiversity recovery in regenerative agriculture, finding eDNA more effective in detecting anecic species and quantifying richness.
bioRxiv · Nov 7, 2023Ecology