Using environmental DNA to test biogeographical hypotheses

Organizers: Sandra Nogué, Mary Edwards, and Marc Rius (University of Southampton) @geogsouthampton

Talks by:

Mary Edwards (15 minutes) University of Southampton, UK: The contribution of ancient DNA and environmental DNA to 21st Century biogeography

Luke Holman (15 minutes) University of Southampton, UK: Marine biogeographic boundaries across the tree of life

Jamie Wood (15 minutes) Manaaki Whenua-Landcare Research, NZ:  Who ate all the truffle-like fungi? Using eDNA from coprolites to test a co-evolutionary hypothesis regarding New Zealand’s bizarre truffle-like fungi

Round table & discussion (15 minutes) (Lea de Nascimento, Nichola Strandberg, Jamie Wood, Luke Holman, Mary Edwards, Sandra Nogué (moderator))