https://www.oliverstringham.com/tags/arthropods/ Recent content in arthropods on Oliver C. Stringham Hugo -- gohugo.io en Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.oliverstringham.com/publications/surface-edna-arthropod-biodiversity-forest/ Mon, 06 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.oliverstringham.com/publications/surface-edna-arthropod-biodiversity-forest/ We collected environmental DNA from tree bark and understory foliage at 40 sites in a New Jersey forest and, using two metabarcoding primer sets, recovered over 1,000 arthropod molecular operational taxonomic units spanning 292 identified species, 181 families, and 28 orders — proof-of-concept that surface eDNA can survey terrestrial arthropod communities.