Data from: Using terrestrial haematophagous leeches to enhance tropical biodiversity monitoring programmes in Bangladesh

• Main Authors: Weiskopf, Sarah R., McCarthy, Kyle P., Tessler, Michael, Rahman, Hasan A., McCarthy, Jennifer L., Hersch, Rebecca, Faisal, Mohammad M., Siddall, Mark E.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) 2018
• Subjects: Life sciences; medicine and health care; Callosciurus erythraeus; Viverricula indica; Environmental DNA; Macaca silenus; Herpestes urva; Pardofelis temminckii; camera trapping; Macaca mulatta; Trachypithecus pileatus; Sus scrofa domesticus; blood meal sequencing; Hystrix sp; Rattus tanezumi; Bubalus bubalis; Melogale sp; Muntiacus muntjak; leech; Civettictis civetta; Paradoxurus hermaphroditus; DNA Barcode; Canis lupus familiaris; Haemadipsidae; Paguma larvata; Martes falvigula; Gallus gallus; Hylopetes alboniger; Rodentia sp; Mitochondrial DNA; Muntiacus vaginalis; Crossarchus obscurus; Tupaia belangeri; Callosciurus pygerythrus; Herpestidae sp; Bos taurus; Canis aureus; Macaca leonina; Prionailurus bengalensis; noninvasive monitoring; Tupaiidae sp; Elephas maximus; Viverra zibetha; mammal biodiversity; Sus scrofa; Canis lupus; (:tba); envir; Leech; Bushnell
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.6224p

1. Measuring mammal biodiversity in tropical rainforests is challenging, and methods which reduce effort while maximizing success are crucial for long-term monitoring programmes. Commonly used methods to assess mammal biodiversity may require substantial sampling effort to be effective. Genetic meth...