Adrian B. Forsyth

This paper introduces an extraction-free iDNA metabarcoding method using small dung beetles to survey arboreal mammals in tropical forests, detecting 42 vertebrate species from 105 beetles.

The paper develops an efficient iDNA method using carrion flies to survey rainforest mammals, finding that pooling PCR products after initial PCR preserves species detection.

The paper surveys dung beetle species richness, abundance, and assemblage composition in Amazonian Peru using varying trap spacing and duration, finding no significant effect of trap spacing on these metrics.