Elusive tropical forest canopy diversity revealed through environmental DNA contained in rainwater
Lucie Zinger, Anne‐Sophie Benoiston, Yves Cuenot, Céline Leroy, Eliane Louisanna, Lucie Moreau, Frédéric Petitclerc, Finn Piatscheck, Jérôme Orivel, Cécile Richard‐Hansen, Lou Hansen-Chaffard, Uxue Suescun, Valérie Troispoux, Frédéric Boyer, Jérôme Chave, , Amaia Iribar
The paper detects canopy biodiversity using eDNA from rainwater, finding lower diversity in a plantation compared to a mature forest.
Science Advances · Aug 13, 2025Peer-reviewedEcology