Sujeevan Ratnasingham
dnadiversity.bsky.social
Sujeevan Ratnasingham
@dnadiversity.bsky.social
Reposted by Sujeevan Ratnasingham
📸 Figure from Sinclair, J.S., Buchner, D., Gessner, M. et al. Effects of land cover and protected areas on flying insect diversity. Conservation Biology (2024)

Paper 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

#DNABarcoding #BOLD #metabarcoding #conservation
Effects of land cover and protected areas on flying insect diversity
Widespread insect losses are a critical global problem. Mitigating this problem requires identifying the principal drivers across different taxa and determining which insects are covered by protected...
doi.org
January 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reposted by Sujeevan Ratnasingham
Tigers are included in our validated IUCN Red List animal reference library. Expert validation ensures error-free species detection. Use our identification engine and validated dataset to check for tiger or other species of elevated conservation concern in your samples: 🔗 https://buff.ly/3CksNf3
Barcode ID – BOLD
BOLD enables researchers, students and citizen scientists to submit DNA barcode sequences for identification against a reference library that includes sequences from more than 1.2 million species.
id.boldsystems.org
January 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reposted by Sujeevan Ratnasingham
🌿🔴 Species highlight: validated IUCN Red List animal library

🐅 Tigers (Panthera tigris) need no introduction. Did you know they occupy just 5% of their historic range (circa 1500)?

Despite bans, poaching & illegal wildlife trade continue to threaten their survival.
#BigCats #Biodiversity
January 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM