粪便DNA分析技术在动物生态学中的应用

粪便DNA分析是一项新发展起来的从粪便中获取动物DNA并用于相关研究的技术，该技术有助于分子生态学研究中所遇到的取样难题。通过对粪便DNA分析的研究方法、研究内容以及研究进展情况的介绍，提供了该技术不仅能用于分子生态学的许多研究领域，而且还能够提供诸如种群数量估计、领域边界划定等生态生态学信息，这是对分子生态学的重要补充。

APPLICATION OF MOLECULAR SCATOLOGY TO ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Fecal DNA analysis is a new technique, by which animal DNA is extracted from the feces for involved researches. It is helpful for sampling problem in molecular ecology. In this paper, the methods, subjects, and advances of fecal DNA analysis were involved. Fecal DNA analysis is not only used in many areas of molecular ecology, but also might provide some ecological information, such as estimating population size and confirming the boundary of territory. Hence, fecal DNA analysis is an important complement of molecular ecology.