Enhancing protected areas for biodiversity and ecosystem services in the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau

Ecosystem Services, Год журнала: 2020, Номер 43, С. 101090 - 101090

Опубликована: Март 25, 2020

Язык: Английский

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Evaluation of the policy-driven ecological network in the Three-North Shelterbelt region of China

Landscape and Urban Planning, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 218, С. 104305 - 104305

Опубликована: Ноя. 14, 2021

Язык: Английский

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Measuring biodiversity from DNA in the air

Current Biology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 32(3), С. 693 - 700.e5

Опубликована: Янв. 6, 2022

The crisis of declining biodiversity1 exceeds our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems. Rapid terrestrial biomonitoring approaches are essential quantify the causes and consequences global change. Environmental DNA2 has revolutionized aquatic ecology,3 permitting population monitoring4 remote diversity assessments matching or outperforming conventional methods community sampling.3-5 Despite this model, similar have not been widely adopted Here, we demonstrate that DNA from animals can be filtered, amplified, then sequenced air samples collected natural settings representing a powerful tool for ecology. We at zoological park, where spatially confined non-native species allowed us track sources. show used identify their ecological interactions. Air contained 25 mammals birds, including 17 known resident zoo species. also identified food items sampled enclosures detected taxa native local area, Eurasian hedgehog, endangered United Kingdom. Our data airborne eDNA concentrates around recently inhabited areas but disperses away sources, suggesting an ecology potential sampling distance. findings profound as source biomonitoring.

Язык: Английский

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Fishing for fish environmental DNA: Ecological applications, methodological considerations, surveying designs, and ways forward

Molecular Ecology, Год журнала: 2022, Номер 31(20), С. 5132 - 5164

Опубликована: Авг. 16, 2022

Abstract Vast global declines of freshwater and marine fish diversity population abundance pose serious threats to both ecosystem sustainability human livelihoods. Environmental DNA (eDNA)‐based biomonitoring provides robust, efficient, cost‐effective assessment species occurrences trends in diverse aquatic environments. Thus, it holds great potential for improving conventional surveillance frameworks facilitate conservation fisheries management. However, the many technical considerations rapid developments underway eDNA arena can overwhelm researchers practitioners new field. Here, we systematically analysed 416 studies summarize research terms investigated targets, aims, study systems, reviewed applications, rationales, methodological considerations, limitations methods with an emphasis on research. We highlighted how technology may advance our knowledge behaviour, distributions, genetics, community structures, ecological interactions. also synthesized current several important concerns, including qualitative quantitative power has recover biodiversity abundance, spatial temporal representations respect its sources. To applications implementing techniques, recent literature was summarized generate guidelines effective sampling lentic, lotic, habitats. Finally, identified gaps limitations, pointed out newly emerging avenues eDNA. As optimization standardization improve, should revolutionize monitoring promote management that transcends geographic boundaries.

Язык: Английский

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Limited protection and ongoing loss of tropical cloud forest biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Год журнала: 2021, Номер 5(6), С. 854 - 862

Опубликована: Апрель 29, 2021

Язык: Английский

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