Diversity and geographic distribution of ciliates (Protista: Ciliophora)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 345-363

  Foissner, Wilhelm ^a   Chao, Anne ^b   Katz, Laura A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actual and estimated diversity; Cyst species; Flagship species; Floodplains; Genetic and molecular diversity; Gondwana; Laurasia; Moderate endemicity model; Pangaea

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CILIATE; CYST; ENDEMISM; FLOODPLAIN; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GONDWANA; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; CILIOPHORA; COSMOPOLITES; PROTISTA;

EID: 38649130641     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9254-7     Document Type: Review

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