Figure 2: Workflow including potential limitations (inserted
box) in each step for eDNA analysis in Plant-animal interactions (PAI)
detection (cPCR = conventional PCR, qPCR = quantitative PCR, ddPCR =
droplet digital PCR, CRISPR-cas = Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short
Palindromic Repeats- CRISPR-associated protein, NGS= next generation
sequencing).
Table 1: Plant-animal interaction (PAI) studies using eDNA
methods between 2009 and 2021. Key expressions were used for study
inclusion via Google Scholar: ”eDNA and plant-animal interactions”,
”eDNA and herbivory”, ”eDNA and pollination”, ”eDNA and symbiosis”,
”eDNA and predation”, ”eDNA and parasitism” and “fecal DNA”.