Bruno H Saranholi, Filipe M França, Alfried P Vogler, Jos Barlow, Fernando Z Vaz de Mello, Maria E Maldaner, Edrielly Carvalho, Carla C Gestich, Benjamin Howes, Cristina Banks-Leite, Pedro M Galetti
Over the past few years, insects have been used as samplers of vertebrate diversity by assessing the ingested-derived DNA (iDNA), and dung beetles have been shown to be a good mammal sampler given their broad feeding preference, wide distribution and easy sampling. Here, we tested and optimized the use of iDNA from dung beetles to assess the mammal community by evaluating if some biological and methodological aspects affect the use of dung beetles as mammal species samplers. We collected 403 dung beetles from 60 pitfall traps...
April 22, 2024: Molecular Ecology Resources