A5018129568- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Leech Biology and Applications
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Bee Products Chemical Analysis
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Reproductive tract infections research
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
- Rabies epidemiology and control
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Turtle Biology and Conservation
- Plant and animal studies
- Bacterial Identification and Susceptibility Testing
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
University of Copenhagen
2010-2023
Natural History Museum Aarhus
2010-2018
Copenhagen Zoo
2012-2018
Natural History Museum of Denmark
2014
Metabarcoding of environmental samples on second-generation sequencing platforms has rapidly become a valuable tool for ecological studies. A fundamental assumption this approach is the reliance being able to track tagged amplicons back from which they originated. In study, we address problem sequences in metabarcoding outputs with false combinations used tags (tag jumps). Unless these can be identified and excluded downstream analyses, tag jumps creating false, but already combinations,...
Abstract Sympatric cryptic species, characterized by low morphological differentiation, pose a challenge to understanding the role of interspecific competition in structuring ecological communities. We used traditional (morphological) and novel molecular methods diet analysis study two bat species that are sympatric southern England ( Plecotus austriacus P. auritus ) Fig. 1 ). Using Roche FLX 454 (Roche, Basel, CH) high‐throughput sequencing (HTS) uniquely tagged generic arthropod primers,...
The use of environmental DNA (eDNA) has become an applicable noninvasive tool with which to obtain information about biodiversity. A subdiscipline eDNA is iDNA (invertebrate-derived DNA), where genetic material ingested by invertebrates used characterize the biodiversity species that served as hosts. While promising, these techniques are still in their infancy, they have only been explored on limited numbers samples from a single or few different locations. In this study, we investigate...
Abstract The application of high‐throughput sequencing (HTS) for metabarcoding mixed samples offers new opportunities in conservation biology. Recently, the successful detection prey DNA from guts leeches has raised possibility that these, and other blood‐feeding invertebrates, might serve as useful samplers mammals. Yet little is known about whether sympatric leech species differ their feeding preferences, this a bearing on relative suitability monitoring local mammalian diversity. To...
One of the fundamental challenges conservation biology is gathering data on species distribution and abundance. And unless conservationists know where a found in which numbers, it very difficult to apply effective efforts. In today's age increasingly powerful monitoring tools, instant communication online databases, one might be forgiven for thinking that such knowledge easy come by. However, approximately 5,400 terrestrial mammals IUCN Red List, no fewer than 789 (ca. 14%) are listed as...
Abstract The metabarcoding of vertebrate DNA found in invertebrate‐derived (iDNA) has proven a powerful tool for monitoring biodiversity. To date, iDNA primarily been used to detect the presence/absence particular taxa using metabarcoding, though recent efforts demonstrated potential utility these data estimating relative animal abundance. Here, we test whether can also be reconstruct complete mammalian mitogenomes and therefore bring field closer population‐level analyses. Specifically,...