iDNA from terrestrial haematophagous leeches as a wildlife surveying and monitoring tool – prospects, pitfalls and avenues to be developed

Invertebrate-derived DNA (iDNA) from terrestrial haematophagous leeches has recently been proposed as a powerful non-invasive tool with which to detect vertebrate species and thus to survey their populations. However, to date little attention has been given to whether and how this, or indeed any oth...

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Main Authors: Schnell, I., Sollmann, R., Calvignac-Spencer, S., Siddall, M., Yu, D., Wilting, A., Gilbert, Thomas
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41310