Regional occupancy in unicellular eukaryotes: A reflection of niche breadth, habitat availability or size-related dispersal capacity?

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 672-685

  Heino, Jani ^a   Soininen, Janne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Habitat availability; Niche breadth; Niche position; Unicellular eukaryotes; Unicellular vs. multicellular organisms

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; EUKARYOTE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; NICHE BREADTH;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; PROTISTA;

EID: 33645109114     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2006.01520.x     Document Type: Article

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