Environmental DNA from peck marks shows potential for non‑invasive monitoring of woodpeckers

• Muhammad Bilal Sharif ,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: bilal.sharif@su.se, bilal.bioinfo@gmail.com

  Affiliations Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0581-0542

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• Björn Ferry,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Independent Researcher, Storuman, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6372-4298

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• Jérôme Fuchs,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institut de Systématique Evolution Biodiversité, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle CNRS SU EPHE UA, Paris, France

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• Bodil Cronholm,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Peter D. Heintzman,

  Roles Investigation, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Geological Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6449-0219

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• Love Dalén

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Bioinformatics and Genetics, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

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