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Using Environmental DNA to Characterize Amphibian Communities at Sites Infected with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Netherlands (2025)
Journal Article

Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) fungus has the potential to cause high mortality rates in some European salamanders and newts (urodelans) and is in the process of expanding its invasive range in Europe. Therefore, monitoring its distribution... Read More about Using Environmental DNA to Characterize Amphibian Communities at Sites Infected with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Netherlands.

Comparing the Performance of Three Different Primer Sets for Detecting Mammals Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) Samples (2024)
Thesis

Efficient and cost-effective methods of monitoring vertebrate species are critical for future
conservation management. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding from aquatic
environments has been increasingly utilised for biodiversity assessments for... Read More about Comparing the Performance of Three Different Primer Sets for Detecting Mammals Using Environmental DNA (eDNA) Samples.

Using eDNA to construct community assemblages of amphibians at sites infected with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Netherlands. (2022)
Thesis

Amphibians worldwide are in decline with one of the main culprits being the fungal disease chytridiomycosis. This fungus affects the skin of amphibians, leading to excessive skin shedding or skin lesions which, in many cases, result in death. The rec... Read More about Using eDNA to construct community assemblages of amphibians at sites infected with Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans in the Netherlands..

Next‐generation phylogeography resolves post‐glacial colonization patterns in a widespread carnivore, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), in Europe (2021)
Journal Article

Carnivores tend to exhibit a lack of (or less pronounced) genetic structure at continental scales in both a geographic and temporal sense and this can confound the identification of post-glacial colonization patterns in this group. In this study we u... Read More about Next‐generation phylogeography resolves post‐glacial colonization patterns in a widespread carnivore, the red fox (Vulpes vulpes), in Europe.

Fungal microbiomes are determined by host phylogeny and exhibit widespread associations with the bacterial microbiome (2021)
Journal Article

Interactions between hosts and their resident microbial communities are a fundamental component of fitness for both agents. Though recent research has highlighted the importance of interactions between animals and their bacterial communities, compara... Read More about Fungal microbiomes are determined by host phylogeny and exhibit widespread associations with the bacterial microbiome.

Evidence of stock connectivity, hybridization and misidentification in white anglerfish support the need of a genetics-informed fisheries management framework (2021)
Journal Article

Understanding population connectivity within a species as well as potential interactions with its close relatives is crucial to define management units and to derive efficient management actions. However, although genetics can reveal mismatches betwe... Read More about Evidence of stock connectivity, hybridization and misidentification in white anglerfish support the need of a genetics-informed fisheries management framework.