Variation in anhydrobiotic survival of two eutardigrade morphospecies: A story of cryptic species and their dispersal

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-145

  Faurby, S ^a   Jonsson K I ^b   Rebecchi, L ^c   Funch, P ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Cryptobiosis; Intraspecific variation; Ramazzottius oberhaeuseri; Richtersius coronifer; Tardigrades

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; DISPERSAL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; INVERTEBRATE; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MICROHABITAT; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EUTARDIGRADES; RAMAZZOTTIUS; RAMAZZOTTIUS OBERHAEUSERI; RICHTERSIUS CORONIFER; TARDIGRADA;

EID: 44649086555     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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