A metabarcoding framework for wild bee assessment in Luxembourg

Wild bees are crucial organisms for terrestrial environments. Their ongoing decline could cause irreparable damage to ecosystem services vital to plant reproduction and human food production. The importance of taking swift action to prevent further declines is widely acknowledged, but the current deficit of reliable taxonomic information complicates the development of efficient conservation strategies targeting wild bees. DNA metabarcoding can help to improve this situation by providing rapid and standardized mass identification. This technique allows the analysis of large numbers of specimens... Mehr ...