Looking to the past to inform the future: What eDNA from herbarium specimens can tell us about plant–animal interactions

• Published in: Applications in plant sciences Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. e11633 - n/a
• Main Authors: Waters, Christopher, Hurt, Carla, Krosnick, Shawn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.03.2025; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Animals; Application; Climate change; Coleoptera; community ecology; conservation; Cytochrome-c oxidase; DNA barcoding; eDNA; Endangered & extinct species; Environmental DNA; Flowers; Flowers & plants; Genetic testing; herbaria; herbarium specimens; Hymenoptera; isolation techniques; Lepidoptera; metabarcoding; natural history; oxidoreductases; phenology; plant–animal interactions; Pollinators; Population genetics; Population studies; probability; Wildlife conservation; United States > US; Tennessee; herbarium specimens; conservation; metabarcoding; eDNA; plant–animal interactions

Premise The importance of natural history collections in modern ecological and genetic research cannot be overstated. Herbarium specimens provide historical information that can be used to investigate community ecology, phenology, and population genetics. In this study, environmental DNA (eDNA) meta...