Have we underestimated the importance of humans in the biogeography of free-living terrestrial microorganisms?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 393-397

  Wilkinson, David M ^a,b,c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic biogeography; Cosmopolitan distribution; Global dispersal; Human dispersal; Molecular ecology; Palaeoecology; Testate amoebae

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PROTOZOAN; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

EID: 75149160441     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02236.x     Document Type: Review

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