Recording of a webinar lecture by @DivjaLABS ' co-founder Marta De Barba.
Environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling and analysis, using organismal DNA shed into the environment and extracted from environmental samples, such as soil, water or snow, are a powerful and cost effective tool to assess biodiversity and non-invasively study wildlife populations. Here I will provide an overview of eDNA applications to conservation spanning from species and individual detection to reconstruction of animal diet and trophic interactions and biodiversity assessment of entire ecosystems.
Marta De Barba, PhD is an expert in conservation genetics and molecular ecology. She has worked as a researcher in top labora...