Most insects encountered in the field are initially entomological dark matter in that they
cannot be identified to species while alive. This explains the enduring quest for efficient …

Metazoan metabarcoding is emerging as an essential strategy for inventorying biodiversity,
with diverse projects currently generating massive quantities of community-level data. The …

Background DNA barcodes are a useful tool for discovering, understanding, and monitoring
biodiversity which are critical tasks at a time of rapid biodiversity loss. However, widespread …

Background In light of the current biodiversity crisis, DNA barcoding is develo** into an
essential tool to quantify state shifts in global ecosystems. Current barcoding protocols often …

Background More than 80% of all animal species remain unknown to science. Most of these
species live in the tropics and belong to animal taxa that combine small body size with high …

Ecological research is often hampered by the inability to quantify animal diets. Diet
composition can be tracked through DNA metabarcoding of fecal samples, but whether …

Molecular methods are currently some of the best-suited technologies for implementation in
insect monitoring. However, the field is develo** rapidly and lacks agreement on …

Large-scale studies on community ecology are highly desirable but often difficult to
accomplish due to the considerable investment of time, labor and, money required to …

Molecular gut content analysis is a popular tool to study food web interactions and has
recently been suggested as an alternative source for DNA‐based biomonitoring. However …

Introduced species alter established trophic interactions and molecular analysis can resolve
changes in community structure and associated foraging links. Joro spiders (Trichonephila …