Large herbivores play unique ecological roles and are disproportionately imperiled by
human activity. As many wild populations dwindle towards extinction, and as interest grows …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is a novel method of assessing biodiversity
wherein samples are taken from the environment via water, sediment or air from which DNA …

Nucleotide sequence and taxonomy reference databases are critical resources for
widespread applications including marker-gene and metagenome sequencing for …

Mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) plays important roles in evolutionary and ecological
studies. It becomes routine to utilize multiple genes on mitogenome or the entire …

Advances in DNA sequencing technology have revolutionized the field of molecular analysis
of trophic interactions, and it is now possible to recover counts of food DNA sequences from …

The widespread extirpation of megafauna may have destabilized ecosystems and altered
biodiversity globally. Most megafauna extinctions occurred before the modern record …

Animals in the wild are able to subsist on pathogen-infected and poisonous food and show
immunity to various diseases. These may be due to their microbiota, yet we have a poor …

Metabarcoding extra‐organismal DNA from environmental samples is now a key technique
in aquatic biomonitoring and ecosystem health assessment. Of critical consideration when …

Determining diet is a key prerequisite for understanding species interactions, food web
structure and ecological dynamics. In recent years, there has been considerable …

Dietary selection and intake affect the survival and health of mammals under extreme
environmental conditions. It has been suggested that dietary composition is a key driver of …