TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bálint, Miklós
A1  - Pfenninger, Markus
A1  - Grossart, Hans-Peter
A1  - Taberlet, Pierre
A1  - Vellend, Mark
A1  - Leibold, Mathew A.
A1  - Englund, Goran
A1  - Bowler, Diana
T1  - Environmental DNA time series in ecology
JF  - Trends in ecology & evolution
N2  - Ecological communities change in time and space, but long-term dynamics at the century-to-millennia scale are poorly documented due to lack of relevant data sets. Nevertheless, understanding long-term dynamics is important for explaining present-day biodiversity patterns and placing conservation goals in a historical context. Here, we use recent examples and new perspectives to highlight how environmental DNA (eDNA) is starting to provide a powerful new source of temporal data for research questions that have so far been overlooked, by helping to resolve the ecological dynamics of populations, communities, and ecosystems over hundreds to thousands of years. We give examples of hypotheses that may be addressed by temporal eDNA biodiversity data, discuss possible research directions, and outline related challenges.
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2018.09.003
SN  - 0169-5347
SN  - 1872-8383
VL  - 33
IS  - 12
SP  - 945
EP  - 957
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - London
ER  -