Environmental DNA enables detection of terrestrial mammals from forest pond water
Masayuki Ushio, Hisato Fukuda, Toshiki Inoue, Kobayashi Makoto, Osamu Kishida, Keiichi Sato, Koichi Murata, Masato Nikaido, Tetsuya Sado, Yukuto Sato, Masamichi Takeshita, Wataru Iwasaki, Hiroki Yamanaka, Michio Kondoh, Masaki Miya
The paper detects terrestrial mammals using eDNA from forest pond water, identifying species like deer and raccoon through metabarcoding.
bioRxiv · Aug 9, 2016Ecology