Publications by authors named "Astrid I Blaauw"
Mol Ecol Resour
August 2022
Article Synopsis
- DNA-based methods are helping scientists better study what animals eat and how their ecosystems work, but they have some challenges tracking all types of food.
- The study mentioned is unique because it used a new technique called droplet digital PCR to measure the food of wood mice after feeding them small vegetable seeds.
- This new method allowed researchers to see clear differences in how much food the mice ate, showing that they could accurately measure food amounts using DNA found in their poop.
