Nature Communications (Mar 2022)
Measuring protected-area effectiveness using vertebrate distributions from leech iDNA
- Yinqiu Ji,
- Christopher C. M. Baker,
- Viorel D. Popescu,
- Jiaxin Wang,
- Chunying Wu,
- Zhengyang Wang,
- Yuanheng Li,
- Lin Wang,
- Chaolang Hua,
- Zhongxing Yang,
- Chunyan Yang,
- Charles C. Y. Xu,
- Alex Diana,
- Qingzhong Wen,
- Naomi E. Pierce,
- Douglas W. Yu
Affiliations
- Yinqiu Ji
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Security of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology
- Christopher C. M. Baker
- Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- Viorel D. Popescu
- Department of Biological Sciences and Sustainability Studies Theme, Ohio University
- Jiaxin Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Security of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology
- Chunying Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Security of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology
- Zhengyang Wang
- Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- Yuanheng Li
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Security of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology
- Lin Wang
- Center for Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Chaolang Hua
- Yunnan Forestry Survey and Planning Institute
- Zhongxing Yang
- Yunnan Forestry Survey and Planning Institute
- Chunyan Yang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Security of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology
- Charles C. Y. Xu
- Redpath Museum and Department of Biology, McGill University
- Alex Diana
- School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent
- Qingzhong Wen
- Yunnan Forestry Survey and Planning Institute
- Naomi E. Pierce
- Museum of Comparative Zoology and Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
- Douglas W. Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Yunnan Key Laboratory of Biodiversity and Ecological Security of Gaoligong Mountain, Kunming Institute of Zoology
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28778-8
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 13,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 17
Abstract
Invertebrate-derived eDNA (iDNA) is an emerging tool for taxonomic and spatial biodiversity monitoring. Here, the authors use metabarcoding of leech-derived iDNA to estimate vertebrate occupancy over an entire protected area, the Ailaoshan Nature Reserve, China.
