Do gut symbiotes reflect the endemism of their host black flies (Diptera: Simuliidae) in the Caucasus of Armenia?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1333-1341

  Nelder, Mark P ^a   Adler, Peter H ^a   Kachvoryan, Eugenie A ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Armenia)

Author keywords

Armenia; Biogeography; Distributions; Endemism; Ichthyosporeans; Simuliidae; Streams; Symbiosis; Trichomycete fungi

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENDEMISM; FLY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SYMBIOSIS;

ARMENIA; ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; DIPTERA; FUNGI; ICHTHYOSPOREA; PROTISTA; SIMULIIDAE; TRICHOMYCETES;

EID: 27744440101     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01291.x     Document Type: Article

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