Past presidents address: Protistan biogeography: Why all the fuss?

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-112

  Caron, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Diversity; Endemism; Protists; Species concept

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PROTIST; SPECIES CONCEPT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

PROTISTA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTE; EVOLUTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; EUKARYOTA; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 64249146983     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00381.x     Document Type: Article

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