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Raider Castro

Universidad Ricardo PalmaORCID 0000-0002-9491-8511Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Assay:metagenomics· 2

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Adrian B. ForsythiD· 2 shared Arianna BastoiD· 2 shared Charles C.Y. XuiD· 2 shared Elena Hernández· 2 shared Erin Marcela Rivera GrovesiD· 2 shared Karen E. MockiD· 2 shared Torrey W. RodgersiD· 2 shared

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Extraction-free iDNA metabarcoding of small dung beetles is an efficient method for surveying arboreal mammals in tropical forests

Torrey W. Rodgers, Arianna Basto, Raider Castro, Erin Marcela Rivera Groves, Charles C.Y. Xu, Elena Hernández, Karen E. Mock, 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.

bioRxiv · Jan 17, 2026 · PreprintEcology

An efficient iDNA method for surveying rainforest mammals with carrion flies

Torrey W. Rodgers, Arianna Basto, Raider Castro, Erin Marcela Rivera Groves, Charles C.Y. Xu, Elena Hernández, Karen E. Mock, Adrian B. Forsyth

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.

bioRxiv · Aug 25, 2025 · PreprintEcology