Avoid this one common pitfall in analyses of dietary DNA data

Research highlight: review about dietary DNA published in Molecular Ecology (Bethan Littleford-Coluqhoun et al.)

The Kartzinel Lab led an Open Access review in Molecular Ecology to help you avoid one of the most common mistakes we see in dietary DNA metabarcoding studies. Learn about why "abundance thresholds" may not always be appropriate to use in bioinformatic pipelines, and how to be careful about interpreting them when they are used. Our paper -- The precautionary principle and dietary DNA metabarcoding: commonly used abundance thresholds change ecological interpretation -- was highlighted by the Editorial Board of Molecular Ecology for its contribution to key discussions on this important topic.

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