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Geographical distribution
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The Indo-Pacific, incl. Madagascar, Australia and Tasmania
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Worldwide
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Worldwide
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Worldwide
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Invertebrate activity
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Seasonal variation (moisture dependent)
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Seasonal variation
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Seasonal variation
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Seasonal variation
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Collection efficiency
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High
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High
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Medium
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Low
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Collection method
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By hand/trap
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Traps
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Traps
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By hand/nets
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Diet
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Haematophagous
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Saprophagous Coprophagous Flesh-eating
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Haematophagous
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Haematophagous
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Potential feeding bias
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Between classes of vertebrates, species dependent
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Between classes of vertebrates, primarily mammals
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Between and within classes of vertebrates, single host specificity documented, species dependent
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Between and within classes of vertebrates, single host specificity documented, species dependent
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Size of “host”-meal
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<15 mL
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<60 μL
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2-10 μL
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<1 mL
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Multiple detectable meals
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Possibly
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Percentage of samples containing amplifiable host DNA
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20–85 %
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20–50 %
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40–80 %
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40–50 %
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Host individual ID
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Yes
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Yes (1 %)
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Yes (30 %)
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N/A
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Temporal scale (Time last meal remains detectable)
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Months–1 year
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Days
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<1 week
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Weeks - 10 months (depending on life cycle stage)
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Spatial scale (Distance from last “meal” to collection site)
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< 1 km
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< few kilometres
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Few meters
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Few meters
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