Female Blow Flies As Vertebrate Resource Indicators

dc.contributor.authorOwings, Charity G.
dc.contributor.authorBanerjee, Aniruddha
dc.contributor.authorAsher, Travis M. D.
dc.contributor.authorGilhooly, William P.
dc.contributor.authorTuceryan, Anais
dc.contributor.authorHuffine, Mary
dc.contributor.authorSkaggs, Christine L.
dc.contributor.authorAdebowale, Iyun M.
dc.contributor.authorManicke, Nicholas E.
dc.contributor.authorPicard, Christine J.
dc.contributor.departmentBiology, School of Scienceen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-05T16:56:53Z
dc.date.available2019-09-05T16:56:53Z
dc.date.issued2019-07-22
dc.description.abstractRapid vertebrate diversity evaluation is invaluable for monitoring changing ecosystems worldwide. Wild blow flies naturally recover DNA and chemical signatures from animal carcasses and feces. We demonstrate the power of blow flies as biodiversity monitors through sampling of flies in three environments with varying human influences: Indianapolis, IN and two national parks (the Great Smoky Mountains and Yellowstone). Dissected fly guts underwent vertebrate DNA sequencing (12S and 16S rRNA genes) and fecal metabolite screening. Integrated Nested Laplace Approximation (INLA) was used to determine the most important abiotic factor influencing fly-derived vertebrate richness. In 720 min total sampling time, 28 vertebrate species were identified, with 42% of flies containing vertebrate resources: 23% DNA, 5% feces, and 14% contained both. The species of blow fly used was not important for vertebrate DNA recovery, however the use of female flies versus male flies directly influenced DNA detection. Temperature was statistically relevant across environments in maximizing vertebrate detection (mean = 0.098, sd = 0.048). This method will empower ecologists to test vertebrate community ecology theories previously out of reach due practical challenges associated with traditional sampling.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOwings, C. G., Banerjee, A., Asher, T., Gilhooly, W. P., 3rd, Tuceryan, A., Huffine, M., … Picard, C. J. (2019). Female Blow Flies As Vertebrate Resource Indicators. Scientific reports, 9(1), 10594. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-46758-9en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1805/20803
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Natureen_US
dc.relation.isversionof10.1038/s41598-019-46758-9en_US
dc.relation.journalScientific Reportsen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/*
dc.sourcePMCen_US
dc.subjectBiodiversityen_US
dc.subjectFood websen_US
dc.titleFemale Blow Flies As Vertebrate Resource Indicatorsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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