Statistical approaches to account for false-positive errors in environmental DNA samples

Jose J Lahoz-Monfort; Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita; Reid Tingley

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Statistical approaches to account for false-positive errors in environmental DNA samples

Jose J Lahoz-Monfort, Gurutzeta Guillera-Arroita, Reid Tingley

Molecular Ecology Resources | WILEY | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12486

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The ideas presented in this manuscript were greatly improved through discussions with Andrew R Weeks and Michael A McCarthy. This work was funded by an Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (LP140100731) and by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions. We thank Francesco Ficetola and two anonymous reviewers for comments that improved the manuscript.