#NewPaper! We describe a simple scalable approach for describing animal communities in @CurrentBiology: animals leave behind their DNA on leaves and it is possible to collect the 🧬 from many animals that live in a tropical rainforest simply by swabbing 🍃 🍃🍃 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.031 r #Science #Biomonitoring #Wildlife #Animals # Vertebrates #eDNA 🧵 1/7
Dr. Jan F. Gogarten
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Evolutionary community ecologist interested in One Health. Research Scientist at the University of Greifswald's Applied Zoology and Nature Conservation Department and the Helmholtz Institute for One Health. Wild non-human primates. He/Him/His
In 24 swabs we detected 52 vertebrate genera! Chart shows # of genera detected with each swab. 📷s show a representative from each order detected, while # in lower left of 📷 indicates # of genera from each order detected. Average of nearly 8 wild genera per swab! 3/7