Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway.
Mol Ecol. 2012 Apr;21(8):2031-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2012.05505.x.
The contributions of environmental DNA to ecology are reviewed, focusing on diet, trophic interactions, species distributions and biodiversity assessment. Environmental DNA has the potential to dramatically improve quantitative studies in these fields. Achieving this, however, will require large investments of time and money into developing the relevant databases, models, and software.
本文综述了环境 DNA 在生态学中的应用，重点讨论了其在饮食、营养关系、物种分布和生物多样性评估方面的作用。环境 DNA 有潜力极大地改进这些领域的定量研究。然而，要实现这一目标，需要在开发相关数据库、模型和软件方面投入大量的时间和资金。
